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This has been the second time getting this error on SG3.
The first time I checked if the card was corrupted by putting the sdcard in the netbook, it was recognized and displayed all the folders. Inserted the card again in the SG3 and it wasn't recognized, rebooted into recovery and fixed permisions and cleared cache/dalvik and rebooted. The card was back up and everything was ok.
Again happened today, tried the same thing and nada Now it also says "Sdcard blank or unregonized file system" in notification and it then prompts for format confirmation upon tapping it.
I've googled and oogled and keep finding different solutions, some I cannot try now since I'm at work. One of them suggest to move all files to PC and format the card, I'll give that a shot at home and see. Another was to update the firmware, but on the latest L13... Apparently, this has been ongoing for sometime and there is an open issue in google for this.
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=19722
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9736 - Originally opened for LG Ally, but HTC and Samsung users have also reported it on the same issue.
Anyone else encountered this problem in SG3?
Happens to me all the time. Sometimes it will just continue to prepare then unexpectedly removed pops up, then that will cycle and kill my battery. I just got a new SD card hoping that would fix it but it did not.
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alaman68 said:
Happens to me all the time. Sometimes it will just continue to prepare then unexpectedly removed pops up, then that will cycle and kill my battery. I just got a new SD card hoping that would fix it but it did not.
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I'm researching like a mad man! Found a few tools but most are for HDD and not microsd... found the one below that is supposed to detect the card/drive even if it's not mounted or has a drive letter and revover the file system, repair partitions, recover ALL file types, etc but nada
Had a few important fotos, my most recent nanroid, my TB folder, that last one hurt the most.
I didn't back up after the first "fix" cause I thought it was a one time things, never heard of this error before. Lesson learned
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec
If your computer can see it and you don't mind losing data do a low level format on the SDcard
Edit: my SDcard started liked yours but got so bad i couldn't use it at all with my phone, I'm fact Windows couldn't even see it i had to use Linux.
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jamcar said:
If your computer can see it and you don't mind losing data do a low level format on the SDcard
Edit: my SDcard started liked yours but got so bad i couldn't use it at all with my phone, I'm fact Windows couldn't even see it i had to use Linux.
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Mine is in that state right now, XP won't pick it up, booting up Win7 PC to try it. My Nikin S70 detects it but it says unusable and won't format it either.
Guess my only option is to partition the netbooks HD and install Ubuntu on it, this gave a good excuse to try it out lol
Found this post that gives some pointers and explains the linux part.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4112485&postcount=9
ugggg...... my sd was just totally killed. Windows will not even recognize it now and it reads as a blank SD in the phone. did you figure anything out OP? Mine is 32G sandisk class 10.
this sucks
Same thing happened with me D: did anyone find a solution other than losing all the data on it?
And since I see this thread is fairly new, did everyone else happen to be on the leaked Jelly bean build? It happened to me after the phone rebooted while on the leaked ROM
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alaman68 said:
ugggg...... my sd was just totally killed. Windows will not even recognize it now and it reads as a blank SD in the phone. did you figure anything out OP? Mine is 32G sandisk class 10.
this sucks
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Apart from the info already here, nope... I need to buy an external sd reader that gets a drive letter assigned without the card and try to force mount on win and run chkdsk, it's the only thing missing. Not even Linux picks it up! Not even force mount! This sucks and seems to have been a problem in android for some time now...
I did order a sandisk 32GB Ultra, but would like to fix this one. Might use it for the camera or give it to my better half for their TF700.
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Next time it happens and your pc still happens to pick it up, run a chkdsk on it. Do not format it. It might prevent it from happening again...
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imaconeheadXD said:
Same thing happened with me D: did anyone find a solution other than losing all the data on it?
And since I see this thread is fairly new, did everyone else happen to be on the leaked Jelly bean build? It happened to me after the phone rebooted while on the leaked ROM
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i was not on the JB leak. Beginning to think this is a hardware problem, so last night i unrooted and am going to the sprint store today.
I did try force mounting, chkdsk and everything else i could find but nothing worked. fortunately i am still able to return the SD card because i have only had it for a week.
My 64gb class 10 just started doing this after i formatted it to fat32. I am wondering if formatting could be our problem.
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blazerboy567 said:
My 64gb class 10 just started doing this after i formatted it to fat32. I am wondering if formatting could be our problem.
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Yes and no...It was stated by some members that there was a write-up saying that you shouldn't format your card because this would deduct part of it's useful life.
I never formated my card, it was inserted as soon as I bought the phone and been using it since and never formated it.
I'm going tonight to Wal-Mart and getting a card reader and seeing if that helps in fixing this. In an earlier post I attached a link to an old thread that gives a solution that seems to have helped others.
FYI, just got back from the store and it is definitely failure of the SD card reader. They tested it and my new phone comes tomorrow.
alaman68 said:
FYI, just got back from the store and it is definitely failure of the SD card reader. They tested it and my new phone comes tomorrow.
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Sprint store? How did they determine it?
I used another sdcard that I had, 8GB, and the phone read it ok...
Edit - then does this mean that there might be a factory reset on the card reader in the SG3? :/
all they told me was that they inserted another card and it happened. Mine also fried two cards so far, so it is definitely pretty bad and i was confident it would fail any test they gave it.
alaman68 said:
all they told me was that they inserted another card and it happened. Mine also fried two cards so far, so it is definitely pretty bad and i was confident it would fail any test they gave it.
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hm... I'll clear up a 2GB one I have lying around and see how it goes before using the 32GB Ultra.
If it happens again, I'll visit the Sprint Store on Saturday.
Do you have TEP or was it covered under manufacturer warranty?
i do have TEP but it was covered under manufacturer warranty. took over an hour, but worth having the ability to use an SD card again
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i do have TEP but it was covered under manufacturer warranty. took over an hour, but worth having the ability to use an SD card again
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Kool! The way it should be, since it's a factory deffect.
I'll test out and see what goes on...
Thanks on the update.
Hey guys
Been reading this thread, having the same issue.
Actually the only reason I post because I'm troubled of the error other then having an actual problem, this error been spawning up for me for quite a while, though it does seem to work perfectly fine.
You think the SD card could just Die one day ?
I hope you guys could determine if there's a factory defect in the SG3 or the Card, I got the international GT-i9300, I hope i won't have to return it, since the shop it was bought from is located at Poland and I live in israel (let's say that handling via warranty is not an option).
Need to check perhaps with samsung if they know of any factory defects regarding microSD card readers, My SDcard brand is Sandisk 32GB ultra class 6.
I fixed mine by completely removing the battery and putting in sd card then boot up. Sounds dumb but it worked.
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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
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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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?
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Sorry for my bad english n grammar lol
dntesinfrno said:
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?
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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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.
thacounty said:
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.
Is anyone else having SD Card and App issues? I find that apps randomly disappear, and my SD card unmounts on its own, A LOT. About 3 or 4 times a day, with pretty light usage. My widgets disappear (on the apps that are now gone), and settings crashes if I try to go into it to view the installed apps. I've tried a reformat of the SD card, I've tried wiping/restoring the device (3 times now). The only way it seems to "restore" the missing apps/SD card is I turn the device on/off several times. It doesn't seem to have a cause, it'll just stop. It's quite frustrating, and is actually keeping me from using the tablet.
Anyone experiencing anything like this? Do I have a bum unit?
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Is anyone else having SD Card and App issues? I find that apps randomly disappear, and my SD card unmounts on its own, A LOT. About 3 or 4 times a day, with pretty light usage. My widgets disappear (on the apps that are now gone), and settings crashes if I try to go into it to view the installed apps. I've tried a reformat of the SD card, I've tried wiping/restoring the device (3 times now). The only way it seems to "restore" the missing apps/SD card is I turn the device on/off several times. It doesn't seem to have a cause, it'll just stop. It's quite frustrating, and is actually keeping me from using the tablet.
Anyone experiencing anything like this? Do I have a bum unit?
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I don't have that issue, could be a problem with your sd card too.
ChrisNee1988 said:
I don't have that issue, could be a problem with your sd card too.
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Forgot to mention, I have a SanDisk "Ultra 64 GB microSDXC Class 10", not a no-name card. The SD card seems fine on my PC via adapter. Think I should take it to BB and swap the Tablet? I really don't want to try another SD card and end up with the same issue, and out more money.
zepfan221 said:
Forgot to mention, I have a SanDisk "Ultra 64 GB microSDXC Class 10", not a no-name card. The SD card seems fine on my PC via adapter. Think I should take it to BB and swap the Tablet? I really don't want to try another SD card and end up with the same issue, and out more money.
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I haven't had a problem. Did you buy the card from a well known source? Sandisk is the most counterfeited card out there.
Sounds like a sdcard issue
Brewbud said:
I haven't had a problem. Did you buy the card from a well known source? Sandisk is the most counterfeited card out there.
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Indeed. Amazon. Found out HERE that there is an issue with some batches of SD cards. Sent for a return/exchange. Leaving the thread here so others can find the info if they have the same issues.
For what it's worth, I have the same card and so far I'm not having any issues whatsoever.
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Rickgsx said:
For what it's worth, I have the same card and so far I'm not having any issues whatsoever.
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I do too but ours might not be counterfeit
I have the same card and have been using it for a couple months with no problems before this tablet but I'm having consistent issues with it as well as the OP! My problems are different as sometimes it shows nothing on the card, sometimes it will start copying from the card to the tablet and then fail.
After having these problems I formatted the card via the tablet with no difference. I bought this thru Tiger Direct 7-10 days before 10/10. Is this a good enough reason to exchange or do I buy a 2nd card first?
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I do too but ours might not be counterfeit
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I purchased it from amazon, not another company through amazon, but I guess it's possible. I sent it back for a replacement.
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I have the same card and have been using it for a couple months with no problems before this tablet but I'm having consistent issues with it as well as the OP! My problems are different as sometimes it shows nothing on the card, sometimes it will start copying from the card to the tablet and then fail.
After having these problems I formatted the card via the tablet with no difference. I bought this thru Tiger Direct 7-10 days before 10/10. Is this a good enough reason to exchange or do I buy a 2nd card first?
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I used a second SD card I found lying around, works fine. It's an SD card issue. I sent it back, and just got my replacement now, we'll see how that replacement goes. I would say you should talk to TD for a replacement. It should at least help narrow down your issues.
Good I hope everything works out for you... Keep us posted...
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zepfan221 said:
Is anyone else having SD Card and App issues? I find that apps randomly disappear, and my SD card unmounts on its own, A LOT. About 3 or 4 times a day, with pretty light usage. My widgets disappear (on the apps that are now gone), and settings crashes if I try to go into it to view the installed apps. I've tried a reformat of the SD card, I've tried wiping/restoring the device (3 times now). The only way it seems to "restore" the missing apps/SD card is I turn the device on/off several times. It doesn't seem to have a cause, it'll just stop. It's quite frustrating, and is actually keeping me from using the tablet.
Anyone experiencing anything like this? Do I have a bum unit?
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I have had the same issue with the exact same card! Funny that it didn't happen on my TF700T though.. Just ordered this bad boy to see if it helps..
zepfan221 said:
I purchased it from amazon, not another company through amazon, but I guess it's possible. I sent it back for a replacement.
I used a second SD card I found lying around, works fine. It's an SD card issue. I sent it back, and just got my replacement now, we'll see how that replacement goes. I would say you should talk to TD for a replacement. It should at least help narrow down your issues.
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currently im running a sandisk extreme 64gb no issues, swapped in the sandisk ultra 64gb from my s4 no issues, it wasnt till i swapped in the extreme pro 16gb that t started to act funny, mounting and dismounting...
I haven't had any mount/unmount issues.
The only thing I saw was after I inserted my SD card last night, two games (both Unity, btw), no longer thought they were installed on my tablet. Luckily, when I re-installed them from the Play Store, I didn't lose any of my save game progress ^_^
will this http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IVPU7AO/?&ascsub&tag=gizmodoamzn-20&ascsubtag=[referrer|www.google.com[type|link[postId|1662669135[asin|B00IVPU7AO[authorId|5727177402741770316[type|mod-title be okay with our phones?
currently have the sandisk ultra 64gb and i have tons of "unexpected removal" problems with it..
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will this http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IVPU7AO/?&ascsub&tag=gizmodoamzn-20&ascsubtag=[referrer|www.google.com[type|link[postId|1662669135[asin|B00IVPU7AO[authorId|5727177402741770316[type|mod-title be okay with our phones?
currently have the sandisk ultra 64gb and i have tons of "unexpected removal" problems with it..
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I've been using the same card for a couple of weeks now with nothing negative to report about it. My came saves their by default and I have several movies that I have watched off of it as well without any problems. I've seen others here on XDA who have had problems with it though...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-verizon/help/samsung-evo-microsd-64gb-card-problem-t2950988
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will this http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IVPU7AO/?&ascsub&tag=gizmodoamzn-20&ascsubtag=[referrer|www.google.com[type|link[postId|1662669135[asin|B00IVPU7AO[authorId|5727177402741770316[type|mod-title be okay with our phones?
currently have the sandisk ultra 64gb and i have tons of "unexpected removal" problems with it..
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If the card is seated securely and you are getting those errors sounds like a defective card.
Have you tried a low level format?
Have you tried other phones, devices?
If so do you get errors on those also?
Have you run any test on the card itself. Are you sure you are not mistaking issues with the new SD card permissions (or lack there of) for errors?
Those are some of the steps I suggest to figure out if the card is bad right out of the box, yes this happens a lot more than you think it does, or that card don't play nice with device this still happens even though it should not, or the card is on its way out. If nothing seems to be working try and get a replacement that should fix your issues and if it don't, don't buy that kind of card anymore
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If the card is seated securely and you are getting those errors sounds like a defective card.
Have you tried a low level format?
Have you tried other phones, devices?
If so do you get errors on those also?
Have you run any test on the card itself. Are you sure you are not mistaking issues with the new SD card permissions (or lack there of) for errors?
Those are some of the steps I suggest to figure out if the card is bad right out of the box, yes this happens a lot more than you think it does, or that card don't play nice with device this still happens even though it should not, or the card is on its way out. If nothing seems to be working try and get a replacement that should fix your issues and if it don't, don't buy that kind of card anymore
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formatted it many times, S4\S5\Note3\Note 4 and G3 all give me the same errors with the same card
And keep in mind i have gotten this ultra replaced before from sandisk to the same issue.. just gonna give up on sandisk altogether to be honest.. .i just don't know much about Samsung's cards.
these are my options in regards to getting another card..
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IVPU7AO/?&ascsub&tag=gizmodoamzn-20&ascsubtag=[referrer|www.google.com[type|link[postId|1662669135[asin|B00IVPU7AO[authorId|5727177402741770316[type|mod-title
(if the evo one is bad ill go with this)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=1970559082&pf_rd_i=desktop
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=1970559082&pf_rd_i=desktop
anyone?? i must make a decision...
bump
masri1987 said:
formatted it many times, S4\S5\Note3\Note 4 and G3 all give me the same errors with the same card
And keep in mind i have gotten this ultra replaced before from sandisk to the same issue.. just gonna give up on sandisk altogether to be honest.. .i just don't know much about Samsung's cards.
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I have never had a issue with SanDisk but is the luck or unlucky of the draw[emoji1]
Formatting many times is no good for SD cards should really only format when you HAVE TO. There is really no need to format reformat... Usually after some time of using the card you can get back some lost performance by performing a low level format. But again really should only do that when you NEED to.
I have the Pro version (the Grey and more expensive one) Samsung card you have listed, I love it as far as performance and what not but I use it quite often for various devices not only in the N4, but for many people an expensive high capacity high performance card will be pretty much a waste (at least until root comes our way). Many people can survive on the devices memory alone, if I had to I totalaly could without any issues. Most things are streamed/synced/cloud and whatnot so there is no need to have a large amount of things stored on a SD specially when you take into consideration the new android sdcard permissions. Only system apps can even write to the card, no normal apps can.
This may change down the road hopefully, Google will be persuaded into changing that policy, or at least once we have root we can make our own rules.
Unfortunately Android has the stigma of being the "Least Secure Mobile OS" and I think Google is going to move in the direction trying to rectify this. That is going to be unfortunate for us I believe, because technically the statement that Android is the least secure of the mobile os's at this time is true. If the user knows nothing about computers, software, Linux and whatnot then yes this is true. But for many of the same reasons Android is considered vulnerable are the reasons the advanced user loves Android. Unfortunately I think many of these things are going to change and the advanced users will be stuck with solutions to problems we never had in the first place because the vast majority of people need there hand held in everything they do. LOL sorry about the rant but above that is my 2 cents of your card question.
Same issue and now extreme battery drain by IndexService
mademan420 said:
I've been using the same card for a couple of weeks now with nothing negative to report about it. My came saves their by default and I have several movies that I have watched off of it as well without any problems. I've seen others here on XDA who have had problems with it though...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-verizon/help/samsung-evo-microsd-64gb-card-problem-t2950988
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I had the same problem with my Note4. I suspect this to be the cause of my recent problems with IndexService.
The last days I noticed an extreme batterydrainage. (50% in 4 hrs only cheching mail and reeding some ebook and newspaper) 44% usage by IndexService and 17% by screen.
At first i thought it was my Next UI . Deleted it . No changes.
Then I found out about similar issues on S5 and note 3 to be caused by corrupt pdf files. I deleted all documents, pictures, ... everything! Nothing changed.
i took out the SDcard. The same or even worse. Keeps the phone checking for SDcard when none installed?
So I reconnected the SDcard and formatted it again. STILL NO CHANGES.
Suggestions anyone?
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I have never had a issue with SanDisk but is the luck or unlucky of the draw[emoji1]
Formatting many times is no good for SD cards should really only format when you HAVE TO. There is really no need to format reformat... Usually after some time of using the card you can get back some lost performance by performing a low level format. But again really should only do that when you NEED to.
I have the Pro version (the Grey and more expensive one) Samsung card you have listed, I love it as far as performance and what not but I use it quite often for various devices not only in the N4, but for many people an expensive high capacity high performance card will be pretty much a waste (at least until root comes our way). Many people can survive on the devices memory alone, if I had to I totalaly could without any issues. Most things are streamed/synced/cloud and whatnot so there is no need to have a large amount of things stored on a SD specially when you take into consideration the new android sdcard permissions. Only system apps can even write to the card, no normal apps can.
This may change down the road hopefully, Google will be persuaded into changing that policy, or at least once we have root we can make our own rules.
Unfortunately Android has the stigma of being the "Least Secure Mobile OS" and I think Google is going to move in the direction trying to rectify this. That is going to be unfortunate for us I believe, because technically the statement that Android is the least secure of the mobile os's at this time is true. If the user knows nothing about computers, software, Linux and whatnot then yes this is true. But for many of the same reasons Android is considered vulnerable are the reasons the advanced user loves Android. Unfortunately I think many of these things are going to change and the advanced users will be stuck with solutions to problems we never had in the first place because the vast majority of people need there hand held in everything they do. LOL sorry about the rant but above that is my 2 cents of your card question.
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no and i agree with you regarding your rant.. it's just sad there is no recognition for the hardcore base user group.
So i think i'm gonna bite the bullet and buy the pro... I've done some more research and it seems that specifically the Ultra 64gb sandisk card manufactured a year or later ago has a technical 'fault' according to sandisk. i don't care for another sandisk so i'm gonna just buy the pro...
although i feel exhaustd with sandisk.. there is a 64gb extreme sandisk microsd ...
how is the quality of the extreme cards compared to the samsung pro?
bumpity bump
I had issues with my 64g SanDisk ultra when I got my note 4. Worked fine in my note 2 until I moved it to my note 4. Then I started to get the SD card unexpectedly removed, constantly remounting. Formatted it in the phone in the computer nothing worked. Couldn't even copy back the stuff that was on it. Purchased a PNY 4k compatible micro sd and it works great. I will never get another SanDisk.
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>?
eyesofice said:
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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eyesofice said:
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
eyesofice said:
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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