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
I've seen a number of threads mention this, but I haven't seen a working solution yet.
I recently got a new microSD to hold my music on, but whenever I copy music to the card it dumps most of the files into LOST.BIN foler with a numeric filename and no extension. I've used the typical drag-n-drop method to copy, as well as Unstoppable Copier, both through the usb to phone and straight to the SD card. The SD card has been formatted from windows and from android, it doesn't work either way. I've checked for bad sectors on the card, and it's fine. I've also tried clearing the cache data from my music player apps. Non of my music files are licensed, so it's not a security issue. Everything looks fine on the SD card until I pop it in the phone, it instantly fusterclucks. The music files were previously working on the phone's internal memory, and the SD card has behaved like a right gentleman until now. I don't know if I'm just moving them in too big of chunks, or if there's some sort of compatability issue.
I'm planning on moving the files over in smaller portions just to see where its breaking point lies. If I don't find a solution soon I'll likely factory reset the whole thing and try again.
Samsung class 10 32g microSD
Samsung Galaxy SIII (SGH-I747) AT&T Garnet Red
Android v.4.0.4 (No root because I can't find one that works for this model)
Using PowerAmp Full for media player
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Hey guys.
Since I got my M8 I have had all sort of weird issues with the ext sd card.
For example, I have the camera app save photos to the ext card, and all seems to be fine. I can view the photos immediately, delete them, edit them etc.
However, after a few days, some of them start becoming unreadable and inaccessible, some just disappear.
Another example is Spotify. I have it download music for offline availability, and all seems fine for the moment, I can play some files offline, but everytime I re-open the app, I always get some missing files that spotify has to re-download. This is a good situation, as sometimes, when I open the app, it behaves just like it is the first time I use it, and I have to sign in and re-download everything.
Also, when some apps update, they automatically move to the ext sd card. After a restart, they become unavailable. To fix this, I have to re-install the app, and immediately move the apps back to the internal sd card.
I have tried 3 different cards, all 32GB UH1.
Please note that before the M8, I had an S4 and I had no such problems.
This is really annoying. Can someone please help me out here?
Thank you in advance!
Hmmm, sounds like a fake. I.e., a cheap smaller card, hacked to appear bigger. If you put it in a card reader, can you copy large files to it successfully?
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Hmmm, sounds like a fake. I.e., a cheap smaller card, hacked to appear bigger. If you put it in a card reader, can you copy large files to it successfully?
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all of them? I guess it could be so.
I will try to copy some large files now and see how it goes.
I got all of them from sellers with very good rep on ebay. I guess I will try and get one from Amazon, as I think this would be genuine ones.
Thanks!
Hey guys -
An issue I've been having since I jumped up to CM13, was wondering if anyone could point me at things to check.
Searching, doesn't look like others have had this issue, so..
I'll also note that it's *possible* this issue existed in Viper (before CM13 was finally useable), but that was a while back, and I can't remember clearly.
In either case, some apps can't seem to read the SD card.
Examples - The built-in Gallery. No matter where I have the camera app save pics (Internal or SD), the Gallery won't report any images being found.
Another example is my live wallpaper, which pans and changes backgrounds. In it's settings, I can easily select the directory on the SD card that has the images, but when it starts, it can't display any of the files, reporting that the directory could not be read.
The card is 32Gb, and the issue continued after backing everything up, and re-formating card in phone. (And then copying everything back over.)
So was wondering what else I should take a look at. (Permissions, etc?)
Cheers -
Mike
Faulty sd card for what so ever reason...
Sent from quite brutal hTc 10 ..
Tried a different card this morning - formatted it in-phone, and copied over docs from old SD card (using PC as intermediary), same thing. Wondering if it's some permission thing or something on a folder/mount point.
Apparently I'm the only one having the issue, though, so maybe it's something I've done to my phone. Grr.
Have an SD card, formatted it for the phone. The phone doesnt let me change storage location for pictures taken. Is there an easy way to do this that I overlooked?
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Have an SD card, formatted it for the phone. The phone doesnt let me change storage location for pictures taken. Is there an easy way to do this that I overlooked?
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I would imagine it's in one of three places:
1) In the camera app settings
2) Gallery settings
3) Haven't opened my Razer Phone yet,but,I'd also look in the general phone settings,guessing there's a storage section,perhaps it's there.
Once you do find it,if it's something you frequently access/change,you should be able to create a shortcut to it on your home screen,since Nova Launcher is the default U/I for the home screen(s)/app drawer.
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I would imagine it's in one of three places:
1) In the camera app settings
2) Gallery settings
3) Haven't opened my Razer Phone yet,but,I'd also look in the general phone settings,guessing there's a storage section,perhaps it's there.
Once you do find it,if it's something you frequently access/change,you should be able to create a shortcut to it on your home screen,since Nova Launcher is the default U/I for the home screen(s)/app drawer.
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1. It's not there.
2. The only gallery pre-installed is google photos, and it's not there either.
3. Not there.
Ive been on chat support with Razer all day. They need to "examine" this in their lab, as this is a huge concern.
They said within a day or 2 someone will be getting back to me.
Do you currently have an SD Card installed?
I don't on the phone I'm using ATM (Note FE) & there's nothing there for storage settings, until an SD Card is installed.
If you have an SD Card installed, then it indeed sounds like someone dropped the ball in the software department....
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Yeah very strange...I doubt I'll hear anything from them. I'm surprised an issue this severe isn't being reported by other people.
I've done everything there is to do. factory resetting the phone, formatting the cards, in and outside of the phone. using other camera apps, other galleries...it's like the camera app and the sd slot aren't linked somehow. I switch phones often, and take alot of pictures, and never have any problem transferring the card between phones.
I guess lesson learned with using a debut device. Hopefully theres some kind of software fix soon. otherwise this thing is going back.
I have no option in the default camera app either to change storage location.. I also have a sd card inserted and formatted correctly as I can access it in other apps just fine.. There literally just isn't any option to choose location!
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Yeah very strange...I doubt I'll hear anything from them. I'm surprised an issue this severe isn't being reported by other people.
I've done everything there is to do. factory resetting the phone, formatting the cards, in and outside of the phone. using other camera apps, other galleries...it's like the camera app and the sd slot aren't linked somehow. I switch phones often, and take alot of pictures, and never have any problem transferring the card between phones.
I guess lesson learned with using a debut device. Hopefully theres some kind of software fix soon. otherwise this thing is going back.
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I have no option in the default camera app either to change storage location.. I also have a sd card inserted and formatted correctly as I can access it in other apps just fine.. There literally just isn't any option to choose location!
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Perhaps in the meantime,you can move the photos in the gallery app using a file exploer,or,the SanDisk app.
Not a long-term permanent solution by any means....
........Since this is near-stock Android experience,almost sounds like the photo storage software was ripped from the Pixel twins,as neither have an SD Card slot....
On the topic of SD Cards I have a few questions as regarding this. I have been using iOS since the 3GS and new to Android and this would be my 1st Android device.
I am not an app heavy user and have all the apps I use already on the internal storage and running at 17.67GB out of the 58.90GB.
1) Would an SD card be worth buying 256GB Class 10 U1 card to be used to just storage Photos and Videos?
(only reason on size is because I just want the biggest storage on one card rather than on lots of smaller ones.)
2) With unlimited data on my phone is it worth buying an SD Card at all if Google Photos is a thing?
(I dont like the idea of my media just being in the cloud which why im unsure what to do here)
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On the topic of SD Cards I have a few questions as regarding this. I have been using iOS since the 3GS and new to Android and this would be my 1st Android device.
I am not an app heavy user and have all the apps I use already on the internal storage and running at 17.67GB out of the 58.90GB.
1) Would an SD card be worth buying 256GB Class 10 U1 card to be used to just storage Photos and Videos?
(only reason on size is because I just want the biggest storage on one card rather than on lots of smaller ones.)
2) With unlimited data on my phone is it worth buying an SD Card at all if Google Photos is a thing?
(I dont like the idea of my media just being in the cloud which why im unsure what to do here)
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An SD Card is more of a nice option in your scenario, but,it's one I'd recommend to have.
However, I'd recommend getting the fastest card you can buy with the same money you're willing to spend on the card you mentioned.
Get a U3 rated card, even if that means a lesser amount of extra storage, quality over quantity......
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An SD Card is more of a nice option in your scenario, but,it's one I'd recommend to have.
However, I'd recommend getting the fastest card you can buy with the same money you're willing to spend on the card you mentioned.
Get a U3 rated card, even if that means a lesser amount of extra storage, quality over quantity......
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Thanks for getting back to me so quickly I have concerns about the type of card thats best for the phone as Razer's spec site only says it can handle up to Class 10 and when I asked about U1-U3 they kinda didnt mention it at all.
Would a U1 or U3 work in a class 10 supported device and not give the extra read/write performance or will it not work at all?
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Thanks for getting back to me so quickly I have concerns about the type of card thats best for the phone as Razer's spec site only says it can handle up to Class 10 and when I asked about U1-U3 they kinda didnt mention it at all.
Would a U1 or U3 work in a class 10 supported device and not give the extra read/write performance or will it not work at all?
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I'd be lying if I said I knew with 100% certainty, but, I'll be putting a Samsung 256 GB SD Card (U3) in my Razer later today & I'll follow up with what I find then/post here in this thread.
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I'd be lying if I said I knew with 100% certainty, but, I'll be putting a Samsung 256 GB SD Card (U3) in my Razer later today & I'll follow up with what I find then/post here in this thread.
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Thanks for testing this for me if i dont get any benefit out of the U1-U3 in performance i may just grab a Class 10 as I will want to format it for the device as I don't plan on moving SD cards between devices as I only have two devices using this media and the other is in my Nintendo Switch so again formatted for that device.
With Black Friday coming up Id like to get it sorted soon so i know what to buy.
Back on topic please
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Back on topic please
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My apologies,back on topic ...... :good:
BTW,I have the unlocked version/carrier-free.
Finally opened mine up,after initial set-up,had a 250MB update out-of-the-box,still nada regarding camera/photo/video storage options.
I found an app in the Google Play Store,Open Camera,that has the option:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.sourceforge.opencamera&hl=en
I tried to enter an alternate file (from my external SD Card) & it wouldn't take.
Looked in developer options,as I'm sure you have already,nothing specific for media/photos,just the adoptable storage option for (non-system) apps.
Just took a look @ Razer Insider/Forums,nothing set up for Razer Phone just yet.
https://insider.razerzone.com/index.php?forums/mobile/
Priorities for users here run the gamut,but,I'd safely guess most here would put fixing this near the top of Razer's priorities for bug fixes/updates.
@iStasis Sent you a PM..............
Got the phone last Saturday. This is the only issue I really have so far.
Submitted a support email. Hopefully this gets resolved soon. I suggest everyone submit a ticket for this and hopefully it will get resolved faster.
Having to same issue here. There is a camera app up date coming according to razer so maybe there will be a fix for it in the update
I guys spoke to razer about this and this is what they said
If the SD card is set to Internal storage, you have the option to migrate all the data. Then the default location of the data will be the SD card including the camera.
Have not tried it yet but will tomorrow
Slightly related, I can't seem to be able to transfer any files to my MicroSD card I've been using on my S8 and have it shown in the phone.... It won't show anything I transfer to it other than a System Volume Information folder that shows up for whatever reason.
Just copy/move your photos to your SD card manually.
Go to Settings>>Storage>>Internal shared storage>>Images.
Select the image you want to move/copy by long pressing the image file icon, tap the three dot menu on the top right, your SD card should show up from the left menu tree. From there, select the directory you want to move to on the SD card and voila.
Hope that helps.
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Just copy/move your photos to your SD card manually.
Go to Settings>>Storage>>Internal shared storage>>Images.
Select the image you want to move/copy by long pressing the image file icon, tap the three dot menu on the top right, your SD card should show up from the left menu tree. From there, select the directory you want to move to on the SD card and voila.
Hope that helps.
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THX,but,that isn't what were looking for,most here know how to move pix from one spot to another.
We are wanting the option to choose the storage location , before the picture/video is taken,not just moving it afterwards.
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