I'm going to upgrade my 8gb memory card to a 16 or 32gb card and was wandering what the process is of transferring all of my data, and pre-installed games/apps over?
Do I just format the new card in my pc then drag and drop the contents of my old card over?
I don't want to lose some the free stuff that came with my original memory card.
Thanks.
It's ok, I just did a search and realised I can just copy and paste from one card to the other on my PC
This has been covered several times already.
Search wins again!
I also read you should name the volume same as on the old card like "PHONE CARD" - don't know how important is this
ps3taker said:
I also read you should name the volume same as on the old card like "PHONE CARD" - don't know how important is this
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Thanks, that's handy to know
Have just drag and dropped everything over to a shiny new 16gb Sandisk class 6.
All is working fine so far and seems quicker than the 8gb class 2 that came with the phone..
No unusual lag so far.....
Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to you all
edit : It managed to screw my assigned ringtones up, but was easily solved
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Hi there,
My transcend 4GB SD card is getting corrupted repeatedly.
It abruptly loses data from any folders and that much space also.(Initial 3.93 GB reduced to 3.7 GB even after formatting)
Whenever some files disappear the file explorer notices the loss in MBs but the Resco explorer doesn't as if they still exist but are hidden somewhere.What does that mean?
I have got the card replaced twice but it has happened again and I am fed up.
I didn't swap it,didn't used it while battery was low, never used camera with it yet it is busted.
What is the cause?WM6? ROM?4GB size not meant for Exec?Transcend?
I am getting a new one of NCP anyway, still any explaination is welcome for I really need a 4GB working properly.
kalya said:
What is the cause?WM6? ROM?4GB size not meant for Exec?Transcend?
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Are you using the latest SPB Backup? If YES, then that is the cause. You probably have it setup doing automatic backup. It is the automatic backup that is faulty. The regular manual backup works fine. It seems the setting for the number of automatic backup corrupts the SD Card. It sometimes can't delete the specified number of backups, and even if you delete it manually it seems some memory was not returned to the SD Card.
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Ok
Thanks for the suggestion,
I have SPB 1.5.5 but I always use the manual back-up option.
With this card problem I have 'gathered' some info ( not any knowledge ) about the possible causes mentioned here and there,( you people please add your findings also - it may help others )
1. No cause found
2.The card itself may contain actually less space than claimed.
3.Using it on low battery.
4.Using it with a broken/ another card reader.
5.Having more than 2 GB empty space on it while using the camera function.
6.Removing the card while the device is on.
7.Transcend not compatible with Universal.( though I saw many posts regardless the manufacturers)
I am in the first category metioned above.
No motive,
No evidence,
3 murders and counting...
Eagrly waiting for the NCP one.
I can definitely say I don't have any of the above except number 1. The only cause I have is SPB Backup automatic feature. I too am using Transcend 150X 4GB SD Card.
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Well you should be happy. ;-) I now only have 3.4gb on my 4gb transcend 45x card. (TS4GSDC)
It started with loosing data so I formatted it. Had no option. After that there was only 3.4gb. Even tried transcends own fix-program (Transcend Fix-Capacity 'Toolver' <sic!>), tried partition magic, partition manager and even Win XP partition removing and making a new one.
Even tried 2 partitions, but the sum of them dont exceed 3.4gb anyway.
Seems the card got corrupted somewhere so its impossible to use more than 3.4gb (Or 3466mb to be exact)
It does make me pissed because when you pay for 4096mb you should be able to access all of that.
I doubt it to be a Universal issue... Think its the crappy card!
Think I should return it and maybe go for the 150x (TS4GSD150) but I read that you all have had similar problems with them.
Is there some sort of Low-level formatter that can fix this?
Otherwise I just stick to my 3.4gb and hope that it will not loose data again.
DrBeer said:
I doubt it to be a Universal issue... Think its the crappy card!
Think I should return it and maybe go for the 150x (TS4GSD150) but I read that you all have had similar problems with them.
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I'd return it. Yours sounds like a definite Card problem. They have Lifetime Warranty anyway. Then go for the 150X.
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Yeah. You're right. Dont feel like I can trust this card anymore. And that is one thing that is important. We all know how much effort we put into tweaking and filling up a 4gb card... Only to find it looses data.
Takes a whole day to get it right again.
I will return it tomorrow, and chip in some extra cash to get a 150x.
Probably more stable and reliable...
Keep me posted!
DeBeer,
Good luck with the 150x one.I have already returned my third...all 150x.
If it solves your problem please post here,say in a week or so after using it;
If it does not...
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FYI, I've a 4GB 150x TRANSCEND SD card and have been using it since the day I bought it.
No problem so far with my WM5. Formatted it with my WinXP
Unless you've a faulty card or a faulty card reader/writer I don't see why you're getting corrupted data.
One thing I can think off is if you're using some kind of auto backup program and removing your card unknowingly at the same time. This can cause your data to be corrupted. Beware that it takes time to save(write) info to your card when using the Universal. Removing the card immediatedly when saving(writing) is in progress is sure to cause data corruption. Leave a few seconds (I would say 10secs) after saving before removal of card
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"It does make me pissed because when you pay for 4096mb you should be able to access all of that"
Not true. When you format a card like you format a harddisk there's some overhead being used so your actual free space is less
thanks
Now this is new( for me ) and valuable information that Universal takes some time to save the data.I WILL take care in the future.Thank you.
Please explain the phenomenon why default file explorer and the Resco explorer read the card differently i.e. file explorer won't show the corrupt folders memory while Resco does (in properties only).
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"Please explain the phenomenon why default file explorer and the Resco explorer read the card differently i.e. file explorer won't show the corrupt folders memory while Resco does (in properties only)"
Can you check the 'Properties' setting like 'Read', 'Hidden' etc
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FOSA,
Very sorry to say,but I never checked those details of the particular folders.Very silly of me.
But my busted card card is still lying at the vendor's so I shall get it back and check what you've suggested.
"Edit--The card is not detected anymore by anything,looks like hardware problem..."
On another forum mamaich says he can use 8GB SDHC with a patch on a Universal
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=318795&page=2
If it works then...wow, all the best mamaich.
I have a 16gb class 4 micro sd card in my phone and it has been fine. I should have about 1-2gb free on the card and I did until earlier today when it now says I have 10gb free, I had not deleted nothing off the card and my phone was working as it should.
I checked and it seems to be that my music folder has went from 8-9gb in size to 182mb - all the files are still there and seem to work ok as well.
I don't trust it at all and am gonna format the card and start again but just wondered if anyone has ever seen this before
Our phone is stupid. The file system has /sdcard as the main directory, and so everything on the phone thinks it's working off of an external sd card. Therefore my 32 GB external card goes mostly unused. Very sad. There's this though:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1088474
People are able to swap the internal and external sd cards. Can this work on our phone? Thanks.
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Our phone is stupid. The file system has /sdcard as the main directory, and so everything on the phone thinks it's working off of an external sd card. Therefore my 32 GB external card goes mostly unused. Very sad. There's this though:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1088474
People are able to swap the internal and external sd cards. Can this work on our phone? Thanks.
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this would be awesome if it would work.
I found overall with 16GB I am happy with it as is. I can store my music on my true external SD card and I doubt I will run out of room /w 16GB for apps etc... However, I do see the point and it is one design flaw I have noticed.
If that method works hell yes. I guess I may try it.
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I found overall with 16GB I am happy with it as is. I can store my music on my true external SD card and I doubt I will run out of room /w 16GB for apps etc... However, I do see the point and it is one design flaw I have noticed.
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I agree, I just stuff all my music and movies on my micro sd and not worry about using that internal for it.
going to go buy this phone today. ran into the same problem on the photon but i was able to edit some lines in the void file and switched the "cards" around so my actual 32gb sd card was read as the sd card and not external sd card. will let you know what i find
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going to go buy this phone today. ran into the same problem on the photon but i was able to edit some lines in the void file and switched the "cards" around so my actual 32gb sd card was read as the sd card and not external sd card. will let you know what i find
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It does this for a reason ....ROM is much faster than a Sd if you switch it may screw up the video cam being able to record 720 & 1080....
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well i was able to swap them but then i was unable to move any of my apps to the sd card so i reverted back to factory. sorry guys
JoeBruin32 said:
Our phone is stupid. The file system has /sdcard as the main directory, and so everything on the phone thinks it's working off of an external sd card. Therefore my 32 GB external card goes mostly unused. Very sad. There's this though:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1088474
People are able to swap the internal and external sd cards. Can this work on our phone? Thanks.
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Wow. After reading that entire thread, I gotta say that the OP over there, trip007n, must have the patience of a saint.
He's continuously, repeatedly, answered the same questions OVER and OVER again...(like "How do I use Root Explorer?" (seriously?), or "how should the card be formatted?", or "Why won't it work with MAH phone?"). Seriously, those people need read the dang OP first, then read the thread, then learn how to properly reformat an SD card before wasting anymore of that guy's valuable time. Sheesh.
(Anyone that's tried this, did you make sure that the SD was COMPLETELY formatted to FAT32, down to the first zerobit of data? I've found in the past, if you miss that crucial part, NO device in the world is gonna recognize it: best done with Linux, but there are ways to do it properly thru windows as well.)
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I want my extra sd card to only have my media...no and secure or data or any other app crap placed on it
I try and keep everything on the internal 16 GB storage. This way my 64 GB sd card only has my games and movies.
What I have noticed is I can delete them off my sd card...remove it...and restore the app data with titanium back up and I am all good. But after a few days they sneak onto my SD card and take up about 1 GB of space. In effect the files are duplicated on my internal memory and my sd card.
This is inefficient...does anyone know how to prevent this ?
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If I understand you correctly and I believe I do, you want to maintain all of your External SD cards space for your media, and if its a 64gig card you want ALL 64gigs free for the media of your choice.
The simple fact that your phone formats that card so it can use it sould tell you that your phone placed data on your SD so not all 64gigs are free. Formatting in general takes some space away from the media for the format to reside. So on a 64gig card, you may end up with like, 62.3gigs or a bit less after format.
I use a 32gig but only 29.8gigs are useable due to format. just saying...hope I'm correct and that I helped you.
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If I understand you correctly and I believe I do, you want to maintain all of your External SD cards space for your media, and if its a 64gig card you want ALL 64gigs free for the media of your choice.
The simple fact that your phone formats that card so it can use it sould tell you that your phone placed data on your SD so not all 64gigs are free. Formatting in general takes some space away from the media for the format to reside. So on a 64gig card, you may end up with like, 62.3gigs or a bit less after format.
I use a 32gig but only 29.8gigs are useable due to format. just saying...hope I'm correct and that I helped you.
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Not what I meat.
What bothers me is my phone sees two sd cards ...one is the 16 GB internal memory and the other is the ext sd card.
When downloading an app that installs to sd by default the phone will randomly throw it on my ext sd card if It is plugged in...but if I take the card out it will put it on the 16 GB memory
What bothers me most is all the extra folders and the fact that somethings are in one place and not the other or both.
There needs t be a way for the phone to leave my sd card alone
It gets confusing because the so called 16 GB internal memory on the phone is treated like a sd card by the system and is not part of the system rom....the system rom where most apps is installed is seperate
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Trev186 said:
I try and keep everything on the internal 16 GB storage. This way my 64 GB sd card only has my games and movies.
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WTF, I thought these phones were only 32GB capable..........?
AVAH0LIC said:
WTF, I thought these phones were only 32GB capable..........?
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SanDisk and KingMax have new 64GB MicroSD cards out that the Galaxy and others work on. The problem for me is the price......like ~$150.
To the OP .....Maybe it is the card as I have a couple of Samsung 32gb class 10 and don't have that problem. Whatever I put on my ext. SD card stays there.
7harper said:
SanDisk and KingMax have new 64GB MicroSD cards out that the Galaxy and others work on. The problem for me is the price......like ~$150.
To the OP .....Maybe it is the card as I have a couple of Samsung 32gb class 10 and don't have that problem. Whatever I put on my ext. SD card stays there.
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I have no problem with what I put staying on my card..it is the app folders and android secure data that my phone seems to duplicate onto my sd card as well as the included internal card.
Check you app directory you will see an android secure folder on your internal and ext sd card...chances are you have duplicate data in each...
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AVAH0LIC said:
WTF, I thought these phones were only 32GB capable..........?
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There is nothing limiting phones to 32 GBs ...that is just sales material.
I put this sd card in an og droid and n1 and it worked.
Fat 32 can read large drives on a pc so nothing stops iron android either. I have a 2 TB hardrive formatted as fat 32 at home.
Fyi SDXC will allow for up to 2 TBs on your cell phone within 5 years. Prototypes of the micro sdxc @ 2 tb have already been developed.
Hence why the whole nexus internal memory only is bs
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Trev186 said:
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I want my extra sd card to only have my media...no and secure or data or any other app crap placed on it
I try and keep everything on the internal 16 GB storage. This way my 64 GB sd card only has my games and movies.
What I have noticed is I can delete them off my sd card...remove it...and restore the app data with titanium back up and I am all good. But after a few days they sneak onto my SD card and take up about 1 GB of space. In effect the files are duplicated on my internal memory and my sd card.
This is inefficient...does anyone know how to prevent this ?
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Did you ever figure out a way to keep data on the phone only? I have a BIG problem with Evernote (free). I love the program as it holds small bits of data that I cannot remember (e.g. license plate numbers, birthdays, drivers license numbers, etc) but are too personal to not worry about. I only use 1/2 MB (yes, that is right, 1/2 MB) so paying for the premium version is much too expensive for what I store.
What I recently found however, has me ready to stop using it. The program stores all the 'cards' on the SD card of my Samsung S3 phone. And if you pull out the card, pop it into a computer and go to the Evernote folder, they store the data IN PLAIN ENGLISH! So even if I lock my phone anyone who can get the card out can read all this information. I even told the program not to store the data for offline access and cleared the cache/history but it still remains on the SD card if the program is running. I need a way to prevent the program from storing the data on the SD card. I thought I had it fixed - completely remove the program, delete all stored data and folders, pull out the SD Card, reinstall and download my 1/2 MB of data from the cloud (forcing it to phone storage), then rebooting with the SD back in. IT PUT THE DATA BACK ON THE SD CARD! This is a BIG security risk and now I am looking for a way to prevent it.
So, back to your original thread, any luck?
Frank
Trev186 said:
Not what I meat.
What bothers me is my phone sees two sd cards ...one is the 16 GB internal memory and the other is the ext sd card.
When downloading an app that installs to sd by default the phone will randomly throw it on my ext sd card if It is plugged in...but if I take the card out it will put it on the 16 GB memory
What bothers me most is all the extra folders and the fact that somethings are in one place and not the other or both.
There needs t be a way for the phone to leave my sd card alone
It gets confusing because the so called 16 GB internal memory on the phone is treated like a sd card by the system and is not part of the system rom....the system rom where most apps is installed is seperate
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I am having this issue too, I think it had something to do with going from Blazer ROM (GB) to Paranoid Android (JB), and the difference in the way they handle partitioning the ext SD card
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hello
i bought a note 2 which came with a 32gb kingston sd card but im having problems getting things to stay on the card without it flaking out on me
i have tried 3 times now to add about 15gb of music to the card. twice all in one folder and the 3rd time i put it in 3 folders as i thought maybe the file was too big.
the 3rd time i thought it had worked
it showed the storage as about 15gb remaining but then later in the day i went to the music app and i only had a few artists in the playlist so went to the sdcard and it shows the folders but with weird names and if you go in to them there are no and it showed total space free of 29gb i definatly have not deleted any files manually something starnge is going on
i have formatted the sd on the second try but made no diffrence.
do you think my card has died??
heres a screen of what the folder names look like
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/I2CUqI1Ajwkgb5EkTv8kWlUV-G855O3W2GS2F-BlTw4?feat=directlink
cheers
It appears to me that the file system on your SD card is becoming corrupted, which tends to happen when a card is failing. Try a different SD card and see what happens.
Could be a fake card and you don't actually have as much storage.
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