[Q] Best Settings For SD Card Format - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey my SD Card might be messed up. I have moved all files off of it and I need to format it now. I am going to use the SD Association SD Formatter 3.0 from http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter_3/
I was wondering what the best settings are to use for it?
It is a 32 GB Class 10 Patriot card.
Format type can be Quick, Full (Erase), or Full (OverWrite).
Format Size Adjustment can be either On or Off.
What should it be?

Just do a full format(slowest) and keep all the other settings set to default
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issafram said:
Format type can be Quick, Full (Erase), or Full (OverWrite).
Format Size Adjustment can be either On or Off.
What should it be?
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XsMagical said:
Just do a full format(slowest) and keep all the other settings set to default
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Those settings are specific. What type of full. Full (Erase) or Full(OverWrite)?

And formatting through Windows asks for an allocation unit size. What is the best for that?

Just tight click on SD card click format and click quick format
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issafram said:
And formatting through Windows asks for an allocation unit size. What is the best for that?
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Make sure you check it for errors first either way...
Leave the blocks/etc as default and do the FULL/Overwrite this first time (quick format does not clean as well)..and come back and check it in the morning...yes it takes a long time.
Your phone should be able to set it up for you in recovery (AR2.3) and allow you to adjust the swap (0,32,64 are common) and the ext2 partition (1024,2048 are common) followed by upgrading it to ext3. With that size of card it may take 10-20 minutes to set all that up.
Either way, if your card is having problems the error check would be first. Hope you get it corrected.

I know this is a bit late and hopefully you got straighten out but, from what I read yesterday while shopping for a larger sd, I found that the Patriot cards are not intended for use with smartphones. At least that is what it says in consumer comments on Amazon.com.
Kept me from buying the same card you have, Patriot 32GIG class 10. Scroll down to the very 1st comment and read the very first line of the comment:
http://www.amazon.com/Patriot-Signa...FTCU/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1310224093&sr=8-5
Amazon Customer Comment said:
According to the manufacturers of this card on their own forums, this does not work properly in Android or Windows phones. I guess it is a problem with the way this card is partitioned or formatted. Symptoms of the problem are regular freezing of the phone you put it in (requiring a battery pull to reset) and the card eventually becoming corrupted (losing all the data that is on it and requiring a reformat). On the official acknowledgement of the problems posted to their forums they give no indication of what we are supposed to do with these cards that don't work. It might be possible to repartition and reformat this card yourself to get it to work but I haven't been successful at that yet.
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Now you see why I didn't buy it. Stick to the Name Brand cards to minimize your problems and read reviews and comments. Good Luck!

thank you for this

rdisanza said:
I know this is a bit late and hopefully you got straighten out but, from what I read yesterday while shopping for a larger sd, I found that the Patriot cards are not intended for use with smartphones. At least that is what it says in consumer comments on Amazon.com.
Kept me from buying the same card you have, Patriot 32GIG class 10. Scroll down to the very 1st comment and read the very first line of the comment:
http://www.amazon.com/Patriot-Signa...FTCU/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1310224093&sr=8-5
Now you see why I didn't buy it. Stick to the Name Brand cards to minimize your problems and read reviews and comments. Good Luck!
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Yes and that was related to specific phones, NOT the EVO 4G. I do read the reviews and comments and I saw those issues people were having. Patriot is one of the few companies that makes cards that are 3.0 spec'd. It has been more than fine.

Related

format 64GB micro SD card to fat32

I purchased a Sandisk 64GB micro SD card through Amazon. I got the card and put it in my phone and the phone said it was damaged. It wouldn't mount the SD card to format it. I tried to format it with my laptop, but it would not give the option for fat32.
I did a Google search and found this.
http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?fat32format.htm
You have to use Dos commands, but it formats the SD card to fat32 in about 3 seconds. Needless to say, this has to be done on a Windows computer. Mine is running Vista.
BE CAREFUL! IF YOU AREN'T PAYING ATTENTION, YOU COULD FORMAT THE WRONG DRIVE AND MESS UP YOUR COMPUTER!
(If this is in the wrong place, please move to the correct forum.)
I'm sure most of you already know how to do this. I just figured I would post it for people that don't.
How much did u pay for it?
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anomy13 said:
How much did u pay for it?
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The micro SD card? 60 bucks off of Amazon about a month ago. I thought the first one was defective so I sent it back. Just got the replacement today.
v8dreaming said:
The micro SD card? 60 bucks off of Amazon about a month ago. I thought the first one was defective so I sent it back. Just got the replacement today.
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Was it the class 6 or the class 10 one? I got the class 10 64gb for like 75
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wow 64g, can save me loads of porn.........
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If it won't format in the phone, it may be defective. I went through something similar, I ordered a 64gb class 6 card off Amazon a few months ago. It was made by "Komputerbay" & had good reviews, but would not format at all in my phone. Wouldn't even mount or anything. I sent it back & ordered a Sandisk, and it formatted in my phone right away with no problems.
kabuk1 said:
If it won't format in the phone, it may be defective. I went through something similar, I ordered a 64gb class 6 card off Amazon a few months ago. It was made by "Komputerbay" & had good reviews, but would not format at all in my phone. Wouldn't even mount or anything. I sent it back & ordered a Sandisk, and it formatted in my phone right away with no problems.
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It's not defective. I'm using it in my phone right now. I find it interesting that people are able to mount this card in their phone when, out of the box, it's in a format that the phone doesn't recognize. Also, without a workaround, you aren't supposed to be able to format anything over 32GB to fat32.
This is my understanding after reading up on it anyway.
skyfolly said:
wow 64g, can save me loads of porn.........
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I have 55GB of music and we aren't allowed to use the wifi at work. Streaming music for 8 hours straight would kill my data plan.
v8dreaming said:
I have 55GB of music and we aren't allowed to use the wifi at work. Streaming music for 8 hours straight would kill my data plan.
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you can't use grooveshark at work?
new ion? said:
you can't use grooveshark at work?
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They password protected the wifi network. So, we aren't allowed to use it.
I could use grooveshark with my cell data, but I would go through my 5GB data plan in about a week.
v8dreaming said:
They password protected the wifi network. So, we aren't allowed to use it.
I could use grooveshark with my cell data, but I would go through my 5GB data plan in about a week.
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You have a computer workstation connected to the internet no?
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Jesus H! Thank you for this! I've been fighting this for about a week now since I started playing with CM10 on the S3. Tried 4 or 5 methods of formatting with various commands and apps, and the most I could get out of the card was 32 GB in FAT32.
There's also a gui version of the utility that worked when all other found the card unreadable. Took all of 10 seconds!
http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?fat32format.htm
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You have a computer workstation connected to the internet no?
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No I do not. I do not sit down to work. I am a diesel mechanic.
L_E_O said:
Jesus H! Thank you for this! I've been fighting this for about a week now since I started playing with CM10 on the S3. Tried 4 or 5 methods of formatting with various commands and apps, and the most I could get out of the card was 32 GB in FAT32.
There's also a gui version of the utility that worked when all other found the card unreadable. Took all of 10 seconds!
http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?fat32format.htm
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Glad it worked for you also.
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No I do not. I do not sit down to work. I am a diesel mechanic.
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Never mind then lol. I'm glad to hear you work with your hands... I'm going to school for a desk job and half the time I wish I could be under some motor
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I thank v8dreaming for posting the link to Ridgecorp.
I downloaded their fat32 format tool, and now my Sandisk 64GB micro SDXC works with my 3year old Samsung Jet S8000!
more memory than a $1000,- iPhone FTW
thanks again!
For those of you having a problem with formatting your 64 gig card in FAT32 go here.
http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?fat32format.htm
EDIT - LOL I just saw your post but here is the link.
05Warrior said:
For those of you having a problem with formatting your 64 gig card in FAT32 go here.
http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?fat32format.htm
EDIT - LOL I just saw your post but here is the link.
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I have followed the tutorial and have formatted it, but windows still reports a size of 27.4GB which would mean 32GB.
I have a class 10 64GB card, i can format it in exfat no problem, just not fat32.
Any ideas?
Just in case someone has this problem
I was trying to format my sandisk 64gb that was formatted in exfat but I was having an error message saying that the card was being used by another program but there was nothing using it. What I did was that I formatted it with windows 7 to NTFS and after it was done I used the program again and this time it works. To make sure I put my card in the phone and formatted it with the phone also. I tried to formatted it in the phone before and it was formatted but it stayed in exfat. I want it to be FAT32 because the clockworkmod recovery touch can't access the card formatted in exfat to make backup. Now I will try it with fat32 which they say it will work.
Try to get another recovery like twrp, it let's you use your external sd.
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Strange SD Card problem

I had a strange problem happen to my SD Card on my SG3. I have a Patriot 16GB class 10 card that I used on my EVO 4G for a almost 2 year without a problem. After when I got my new phone I clean all folders that I no longer needed except my pictures and some applications. Put the card in my SG3 and everything was OK. I was able to copy files take a pictures and everything seems to work the way it should. Last week I was on a trip and during the process to taking a picture I got a message that my card was removed and basically disappear. I reboot the phone and nothing happen. then a little bit later I saw another message that card was found and everything show up again. Then I check do I have all the pictures and most of them were there except on a last one was (when card disappear) basically it was look like that picture was taken a half way. So I delete that bad picture and continue. A day later it happen again but this time when card show up again instead a normal card I have that message in notification bar with a little sd card that it says Blank SD card. then if I pull down and click on it phone is asking me to format the card. I try to mount the card but got the same message Blank card or unsupported file system. Ok so I didn't have at that time my adapter to plug in to my laptop and wait until I got home to try to repair the card.
Here is what I got now and I'm not sure is phone damage the card or card slot on the phone is not good.
I use minitool under windows and GParted as well under linux. Both of them recognize my card as 60 GB Unallocated space (it is a 16GB). when I try to recreate or format both of them said successful but card is not show up. I have to plug it back and then it goes again as a 60GB unallocated space.
Does any one know how to format a 16GB card as FAT32? I mean the settings I have to use to put to get back again this card as a 16GB not as 60GB.
Sorry for the long explanation and thanks for you help in advance.
P.S. I' not rooted and on LG8 update.
Bro,did to trid any other sd?
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ventzi said:
I had a strange problem happen to my SD Card on my SG3. I have a Patriot 16GB class 10 card that I used on my EVO 4G for a almost 2 year without a problem. After when I got my new phone I clean all folders that I no longer needed except my pictures and some applications. Put the card in my SG3 and everything was OK. I was able to copy files take a pictures and everything seems to work the way it should. Last week I was on a trip and during the process to taking a picture I got a message that my card was removed and basically disappear. I reboot the phone and nothing happen. then a little bit later I saw another message that card was found and everything show up again. Then I check do I have all the pictures and most of them were there except on a last one was (when card disappear) basically it was look like that picture was taken a half way. So I delete that bad picture and continue. A day later it happen again but this time when card show up again instead a normal card I have that message in notification bar with a little sd card that it says Blank SD card. then if I pull down and click on it phone is asking me to format the card. I try to mount the card but got the same message Blank card or unsupported file system. Ok so I didn't have at that time my adapter to plug in to my laptop and wait until I got home to try to repair the card.
Here is what I got now and I'm not sure is phone damage the card or card slot on the phone is not good.
I use minitool under windows and GParted as well under linux. Both of them recognize my card as 60 GB Unallocated space (it is a 16GB). when I try to recreate or format both of them said successful but card is not show up. I have to plug it back and then it goes again as a 60GB unallocated space.
Does any one know how to format a 16GB card as FAT32? I mean the settings I have to use to put to get back again this card as a 16GB not as 60GB.
Sorry for the long explanation and thanks for you help in advance.
P.S. I' not rooted and on LG8 update.
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Windows will format it just fine under Disk Management. The fact that its reading it as a 60GB... I'd bet on the card as bad. I have hours and hours trying to save thumb drives and SD cards. 97% of them had no hope. Sometimes the card reader can act up... but not likely, and the phone's kicking it out too. Try to stick with Kingston or SanDisk even if you have to pay a little more. Yes, Cards do go bad like that.
a454nova said:
Windows will format it just fine under Disk Management. The fact that its reading it as a 60GB... I'd bet on the card as bad. I have hours and hours trying to save thumb drives and SD cards. 97% of them had no hope. Sometimes the card reader can act up... but not likely, and the phone's kicking it out too. Try to stick with Kingston or SanDisk even if you have to pay a little more. Yes, Cards do go bad like that.
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Thanks for the reply. It is look like that this card is going bad. It kind a surprise me since I didn't have any problems under my old phone. I will play a little bit more to try to repair it but....... looks like will be a lost a time.
Do you think that because it was a class 10 card causing a issue? I saw a couple treads but most of the SD card that people use are class 4.
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Thanks for the reply. It is look like that this card is going bad. It kind a surprise me since I didn't have any problems under my old phone. I will play a little bit more to try to repair it but....... looks like will be a lost a time.
Do you think that because it was a class 10 card causing a issue? I saw a couple treads but most of the SD card that people use are class 4.
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I don't think the class would be an issue. How old is your card?
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I don't think the class would be an issue. How old is your card?
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Probably 1.5 year. I got my EVO 4G back in sept. 2010 and bought the card a couple months later when rooted my phone.
Yeah, like root said, the class wasn't the issue. The different phone might have pissed it off but you really never know. I never liked Patriot myself, but then some people like them. Gotta back stuff up or have it auto upload somewhere.
a454nova said:
Yeah, like root said, the class wasn't the issue. The different phone might have pissed it off but you really never know. I never liked Patriot myself, but then some people like them. Gotta back stuff up or have it auto upload somewhere.
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I do have all the pictures auto uploaded to my DropBox account and all apps I backup on my PC. I just wondering if the card slot of the phone is bad. I have a new 4GB class 4 card. I will put in to the phone, format and try to see if it happen again.
last week suddenly received a message that the card was blank. did everything i could not to format it. finally gave in and tried formatting the sd card but couldn't. had to buy a new one. sounds like yours is going bad as well.
also try this thread as it has helped many
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1355528
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Yeah, like root said, the class wasn't the issue. The different phone might have pissed it off but you really never know. I never liked Patriot myself, but then some people like them. Gotta back stuff up or have it auto upload somewhere.
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When I first got my SGS3 I used my old card from my OG Droid. I got an OTA update and my phone quit working (I got the "Unfortunately the process com.android.phone has stopped working" message). I took the phone back and they asked if I had ever had an SD card in it. I said "Yes, my old card from my Droid." I was told that this is a "known issue" with the SGS3 and that any SD card I used should be formatted in the phone itself. I'm not sure if this is the issue here, but it might be.
ventzi said:
I do have all the pictures auto uploaded to my DropBox account and all apps I backup on my PC. I just wondering if the card slot of the phone is bad. I have a new 4GB class 4 card. I will put in to the phone, format and try to see if it happen again.
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I bet it will be fine. Only one why to know.
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I bet it will be fine. Only one why to know.
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I hope so. Thanks for you help.
P.S. I did play with couple more tools but unfortunately no luck at all. It is time to look for a new one.

External SD card disappeared...

So I woke up this morning, phone says SD card unplugged, please insert new...knowing that I obviously did not remove my external sd card I then proceed to check
Settings, Storage --> (nothing shows up)
Boot into recovery --> can't mount external SD card
plug it into PC --> nothing shows up
So now the question is, do I have a bad/dead micro SD card or else?
I am on CM10 which is updated nightly, that might have something to do with the SD card, I dont know.
Edit-- missed where you said you already tried directly from computer.
Might just be a dead card.
Unless it is just not being assigned a drive letter on the pc, the card is toast. If you are using windows you can got to the disk management snap in from the administrative tools and see if it is listed at all, if it doesn't show there it is fubar. Easiest way to get there is right click computer, manage, disk management. For linux or mac im sure there is a similar tool but i couldn't tell how to get there or use it.
Which recovery do you have? Same thing happened to me on 6.0.1.4 Touch. Computer still saw the card, so i pulled everything off the card, reformatted with the computer, then changed recovery. Phone saw it after that and no more problems since.
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Unless it is just not being assigned a drive letter on the pc, the card is toast. If you are using windows you can got to the disk management snap in from the administrative tools and see if it is listed at all, if it doesn't show there it is fubar. Easiest way to get there is right click computer, manage, disk management. For linux or mac im sure there is a similar tool but i couldn't tell how to get there or use it.
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Yup, nothing shows up under disk management =/
Jeez, i thought these sd cards are suppose to be reliable. Mine is only 2 months old...
Whanksta said:
Yup, nothing shows up under disk management =/
Jeez, i thought these sd cards are suppose to be reliable. Mine is only 2 months old...
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Thats just the nature of flash memory, eventually it does go bad and unlike mechanical drives which often give plenty of warning of impending failure flash rarely does. Granted 2 months is obviously not acceptable it could be just a freak thing or maybe just an inferior brand. It is also highly susceptible to static discharge, especially in a SD card type format where the pins are exposed. Although possible, i doubt a static shock happened inside the phone but it could have possibly been damaged and just took a while to completely fail.
I used this to format my 64gig chip
http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/guiformat.htm
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No way I had the same issue two days ago.. My card is only 1 month old. Im ob stock 4.0 n nothing show up in the pc as well.. What should I do?
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hectorgardella said:
No way I had the same issue two days ago.. My card is only 1 month old. Im ob stock 4.0 n nothing show up in the pc as well.. What should I do?
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I purchased SanDisk 32gb from Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Mobil...1350968148&sr=8-1&keywords=micro+sd+card+32gb
apparently, if you choose amazon frustration free box you might get a ****ty micro sd card cuz it's actually not made by sandisk
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No way I had the same issue two days ago.. My card is only 1 month old. Im ob stock 4.0 n nothing show up in the pc as well.. What should I do?
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Get a new card...i would also check on any warranty offered by the manufacturer, that goes for OP too. Depending on the brand there may be a 1 year or even lifetime warranty, some of the lesser brands might not have a warranty at all. Although i haven't followed my own advice in this category as the last 2 16 GB micro SD's i've purchased have been fairly cheap class 10's, you more often than not get what you pay for. I would also recommend going for the class 10 cards, not only do they have the fastest transfer speeds (and maybe because of this) they seem to be more reliable then their slower cousins.
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Get a new card...i would also check on any warranty offered by the manufacturer, that goes for OP too. Depending on the brand there may be a 1 year or even lifetime warranty, some of the lesser brands might not have a warranty at all. Although i haven't followed my own advice in this category as the last 2 16 GB micro SD's i've purchased have been fairly cheap class 10's, you more often than not get what you pay for. I would also recommend going for the class 10 cards, not only do they have the fastest transfer speeds (and maybe because of this) they seem to be more reliable then their slower cousins.
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I got mine from ncxi.. Kingstone class 10 64giga****s.. I think I still have warranty.. Never had this problem before with Sd cards
. I got 4 so far from this store
hectorgardella said:
I got mine from ncxi.. Kingstone class 10 64giga****s.. I think I still have warranty.. Never had this problem before with Sd cards
. I got 4 so far from this store
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I got mine from SanDisk loL, i would think that's reputable enough.
hectorgardella said:
I got mine from ncxi.. Kingstone class 10 64giga****s.. I think I still have warranty.. Never had this problem before with Sd cards
. I got 4 so far from this store
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Although i've never had one of their SD's, Kingston is one of the top tier memory companies and carry lifetime warranties on most (if not all) of their products. At the very least i would expect a year.
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I got mine from SanDisk loL, i would think that's reputable enough.
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In my experience SanDisk is considered a cheapo brand but they have been around long enough to have overcome that reputation. I would imagine they also have a warranty program although i can't speak from personal experience, definitely worth checking into.
Im quite sure that my kingstone sd card is genuine..
Any possibilities that my S3 killed it?
...
Sorry for my bad english n grammar lol
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Although i've never had one of their SD's, Kingston is one of the top tier memory companies and carry lifetime warranties on most (if not all) of their products. At the very least i would expect a year.
In my experience SanDisk is considered a cheapo brand but they have been around long enough to have overcome that reputation. I would imagine they also have a warranty program although i can't speak from personal experience, definitely worth checking into.
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I don't think SanDisk is a cheapo brand since they have been making great cards for a long time. They have a great warranty program. They will replace anything within a year for sure. I had one that you couldn't read the serial number on so they still replaced it.
SanDisk has a problem by being the most well known microsd, they are faked by chinese companies all the time and those fakes look just like the real ones. Therefore, you buy a fake, paying real prices, that looks real, and you blame SanDisk. I think that was what happened in my experience with a dead card, and they still replaced it.
Wait a Minute same thing happened to me just right NOW!
I saw my phone screen showed that MicroSD was removed and them I reinserted it on the phone and nothing nothing
Put it on the PC it shows Drive letter but cannot format
OMG this is CM10 Damaging microSD Cards? My sd card was 32gb San disk class 10 full of data
someone can help?
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Wait a Minute same thing happened to me just right NOW!
I saw my phone screen showed that MicroSD was removed and them I reinserted it on the phone and nothing nothing
Put it on the PC it shows Drive letter but cannot format
OMG this is CM10 Damaging microSD Cards? My sd card was 32gb San disk class 10 full of data
someone can help?
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Im on stock room ics
maxrdlf95 said:
Wait a Minute same thing happened to me just right NOW!
I saw my phone screen showed that MicroSD was removed and them I reinserted it on the phone and nothing nothing
Put it on the PC it shows Drive letter but cannot format
OMG this is CM10 Damaging microSD Cards? My sd card was 32gb San disk class 10 full of data
someone can help?
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Use device manager to format.
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Use device manager to format.
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I cannot format it on anything I cant on Mac I cant on PC and phone doesnt detect it ..
Now I loose the data I'm bad for that but how Can i loose the card also fail!
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I cannot format it on anything I cant on Mac I cant on PC and phone doesnt detect it ..
Now I loose the data I'm bad for that but how Can i loose the card also fail!
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You can't just format it from "My Computer". You will have to go into device manager and find it, then format it that way. Otherwise it will not work.

[Q] Anyone have problems with 64GB SanDisk SDXC card?

I have a Bell Note 2 and I recently bought the 64GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I card. Since using it, I noticed that (when installed) the Device Status of the phone changes to Modified and I can't check/download Android updates from Samsung. Also, the Samsung Video Hub app won't let me use external storage to save movies (which I could do using my old 32GB PNY card). The card seems to read/write okay though.
I contacted Samsung by email, the reply was laughable (solution was for a different issue on a different phone). I also contacted SanDisk and they suggested reformatting to FAT32 using a utility from www.sdcard.org. I haven't tried this yet but I know that FAT32 will reduce file sizes to 4GB. I don't know if it will have an effect on the read/write speeds of the card.
Just wondering if anyone else using this card was experiencing the same issues. If you haven't checked, maybe you might want to.
I miss the build quality, sleekness, and how quick the battery would charge/how slow it would drain.
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I miss the build quality, sleekness, and how quick the battery would charge/how slow it would drain.
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Sorry, you lost me there....
I've been looking at that same card. I'm definitely interested to see how this resolves for you.
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I just bought one.I formatted to fat32 using a third party formatter from the web called eause formatter.Everything is working good now on mine.
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He posted that twice already in the "What iPhone users miss" thread...
No problems here. It even worked in my ancient Desire Z, TF101, and HTC Raider
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Somehow I had my 64gb sndisk hot corrupt. I had to reformat.
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Well, I tried to do what the SanDisk guy told me but the formatting utility that he mentioned doesn't have the option to change file formats. Started out as exFat, still exFat. Some of you have mentioned using other formatting/partitioning utilities - the folks at www.sdcard.org say the following:
"The SD Formatter was created specifically for memory cards using the SD/SDHC/SDXC standards. It is strongly recommended to use the SD Formatter instead of formatting utilities provided with operating systems that format various types of storage media. Using generic formatting utilities may result in less than optimal performance for your memory cards.
The SD/SDHC/SDXC memory cards have a "Protected Area" on the card for the SD standard's security function. The SD Formatter does not format the "Protected Area". Please use appropriate application software or SD-compatible device that provides SD security function to format the "Protected Area" in the memory card."
So there you go.
I am using the card with the t-Mobile version and it working fine.
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Works without any problems in mine.
The weird thing is that it starts out okay and only shows up after I've reloaded all my apps. Even then, I can still read and write to the card. I just can't get updates because it says that my phone is modified. I can't see how an app would cause it. There are no side-loaded apps. And it doesn't happen with my 32GB card.
Just a quick update for anyone who might be wondering....
After making this thread, I went to my local BestBuy and bought another SanDisk microSDXC that was exactly the same as the one I had. I put the same files on the card and the phone did exactly the same thing. I did discover however that the problem shows up when I reboot the phone with the card installed but doesn't show up (at least not right away) when I unmount/hotswap/remount the card with the phone left on.
Then I took the card to the BellAliant store where I bought the phone and had them try the card in a brand new phone. Same problem on the new phone.
Nothing funky on the card, just my songs (transferred using DoubleTwist AirSync) and my photos (transferred via PC). This card hasn't been reformatted and my phone hasn't been rooted.
So I don't know what's going on, if its only a problem with Galaxy Note 2's that are being sold in this area. I can't believe that no one else is having this issue.
Anyway, I put in a support ticket with Samsung (again), not expecting anything new. The Samsung tech that I spoke with did say that only TWO (I think) 64GB microSDXC cards were tested and approved for the Note 2 and that the SanDisk was one of them. Also, the girl at the BellAliant store said that they were told that the phone only worked with a TOTAL of 64GB (internal + external) but I KNOW she was wrong about that. Just some of the things you hear when trying to troubleshoot something that no one seems to have an answer for....
iMHO you really should format it fat32 and retest.
-- other suggestions for tools --
Might search for mini partition tool or gparted live cd. I've used the gparted live cd to partition my 64gb sandisk previously for dual booting my og atrix.
-- I'm sure there are better suggestions on tools, but I strongly suggest converting it to fat32 before further testing / actions.
The Note II ONLY supports FAT32
When I got my new 64GB SanDisk card I powered off the phone. Pulled the back cover and replaced my 32Gb with the new 64GB micro SD card right out of the packaging and then replaced the cover and powered it up. Phone recognized it and accepted file transfers to it without issue. No problems to date and I have been using it for 3 weeks without issue.
ExFAT works fine with my note 2 on perseus. Doesn't play well with note2core though
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If the Note II only supports fat32, then someone needs to tell my note because it's working fine with my card on exfat. stock kernel and all.
I too have bell note 2 with 64gb sandisk and everything is fine. I jusy put the card in the phone and formated with phone. Its exfat btw.
I suggest u to format the card with phone so it can format with the appropriate fike system.
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I too have bell note 2 with 64gb sandisk and everything is fine. I jusy put the card in the phone and formated with phone. Its exfat btw.
I suggest u to format the card with phone so it can format with the appropriate fike system.
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See, that's the strange thing. The card DOES "work" - it formats fine and I can transfer files to and from it. The ONLY problem is that, when I put my files on it, the status of my phone changes to "modified". Then, when I go to updates, it won't even try to connect to the servers, just tells me that my phone is modified and that updates are not available. As I mentioned above, I've duplicated the problem with two identical cards and in two different phones (one of which was in-store, brand new).
I realize that I can just take the card out of the phone when I know an Android update is available to download, I just don't always know when updates are available. In either case, doesn't seem like it should act that way. And I didn't want to force-format the card to FAT32 with a 3rd party format utility because that would destroy the "protected partition" on the card and void the warranty (those 64GB cards are expensive).
I understand that I might just have to live with this, it's just odd that no one else is experiencing it. Think I'm going to let this thread die. Folks on XDA tend to not like re-reading the same thing over and over. Thanks to all who replied.
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See, that's the strange thing. The card DOES "work" - it formats fine and I can transfer files to and from it. The ONLY problem is that, when I put my files on it, the status of my phone changes to "modified". Then, when I go to updates, it won't even try to connect to the servers, just tells me that my phone is modified and that updates are not available. As I mentioned above, I've duplicated the problem with two identical cards and in two different phones (one of which was in-store, brand new).
I realize that I can just take the card out of the phone when I know an Android update is available to download, I just don't always know when updates are available. In either case, doesn't seem like it should act that way. And I didn't want to force-format the card to FAT32 with a 3rd party format utility because that would destroy the "protected partition" on the card and void the warranty (those 64GB cards are expensive).
I understand that I might just have to live with this, it's just odd that no one else is experiencing it. Think I'm going to let this thread die. Folks on XDA tend to not like re-reading the same thing over and over. Thanks to all who replied.
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Why do you think formating an sd card with fat32 would void the warranty? Never heard such thing before. You can format any file system you want.

Won't let me save more then 600 photos on my SD card

Whipped out my phone today to snap a quick photo and it didnt save wtf? Take another photo and it says it cant write to SD card and switching to phone. It let me take the pic and save to phone. Looked at gallery and it said 600 photos on SD card. Tried to delete some and take pix, but same thing happened. When i unmounted and remounted it showed the pix i deleted still and 600 photos. Can't figure out why its not deleteing or saving to my SD card. Using a Samsung 32gb class 10.
edit: looks like if i connect my phone to the PC and try to delete the pix off it, it says remove write protection first. any idea what may cause this? Music says write protection as well
edit2: looks like pix saved after formating, attempting to move all pix and music back on and try again.
Card bought off ebay, from china?
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Card bought off ebay, from china?
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Nope Tiger Direct, its a Samsung 32gb Class 10, had it in a few different android phones and it worked well in this one up until today.
Going to attempt to copy it to HDD, format, then try a pic with it. If that works, move everything back over to it.
When SD cards start randomly throwing write-protection at you randomly along with other issues as you've mentioned, it usually (and unfortunately) means that the card is failing.
You can try to recreate the partition table and then re-format the SD card to see if that helps at all:
Put the card into a card reader, and insert it into a Windows PC.
Press the Windows key + R at the same time on your keyboard.
In the Run dialog, type "diskpart.exe" (without the quotes).
If prompted, provide consent to run the program as an administrator.
Type list disk (followed by the Enter key).
Find the number corresponding to your SD card (e.g. disk 1).
Type select disk X (followed by the Enter key. X is the number for the SD card.)
Type clean (followed by the Enter key).
Type create partition primary (followed by the Enter key).
Type select partition 1 (followed by the Enter key).
Type format fs=fat32 quick (followed by the Enter key).
Type assign (followed by the Enter key).
Copy your data back to the SD card, then reinsert into your phone.
I think Sandisk really has a HUGE problem here with their memory cards; the 32gb ultra cards to be exact. There are stories all over hell and back about failing cards. I had one go bad it was only about two months old. I bought it off Amazon and it arrived in retail packaging.
I don't know where people are getting these fake ones that I keep hearing about
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I think Sandisk really has a HUGE problem here with their memory cards; the 32gb ultra cards to be exact. There are stories all over hell and back about failing cards. I had one go bad it was only about two months old. I bought it off Amazon and it arrived in retail packaging.
I don't know where people are getting these fake ones that I keep hearing about
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It's bound to happen with any flash-based media, there's different variables like static damage etc. that are hard to factor in. I have a 32GB SanDisk Ultra Mobile UHS-1/Class 10 that I've used for a few months and, knock on wood, it's still working perfectly fine. On that same hand, I've had Kingston SD cards and flash drives both fail on me within a month of purchasing them for no apparent reason.
I'm running a 32 GB class 4 sandisk card. Had it about a year. Only issue I have is slow data transfer, as expected. I have 700+ pictures on it now, and several Hours of downloaded videos and videos from my phone. I am planning on picking up one of those 64 GB MicroSDXC UHS-1 cards if Amazon drops them back down to $49. They were that price for a few weeks so I thought that meant the 128 cards would be out soon and I was wanting to see how much those would be. But, now they are back to $60.
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I am planning on picking up one of those 64 GB MicroSDXC UHS-1 cards if Amazon drops them back down to $49. They were that price for a few weeks so I thought that meant the 128 cards would be out soon and I was wanting to see how much those would be. But, now they are back to $60.
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They were also $46 a week before my Note shipped, so hopefully another sale isn't too far away. I've been using one in my device since launch without any issues. It's loaded with recorded video, TV shows, and photos.
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They were also $46 a week before my Note shipped, so hopefully another sale isn't too far away. I've been using one in my device since launch without any issues. It's loaded with recorded video, TV shows, and photos.
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my wife's 32GB Ultra class 10 just crapped itself... got it on nov 11th... no warning. nothing will recognize it. BOO.
Sounds like these things should often be backed up. :/
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Sounds like these things should often be backed up. :/
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i thought i had it syncing to her drop box automatically on wifi connection... nope. woops.

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