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[q] gs3 micro sd card help

okay so i put a 2gb sd card in my s3 for music. someohow it ended up switching my gb around. my sd card has 12 gb now and my phone devices says it has 2?? i took out the sd card and it still says i have only 2gb /: am running v.03 ROM... now i cant access my gallery or music becayse i have low storage -___________________-

bboyimpact33 said:
okay so i put a 2gb sd card in my s3 for music. someohow it ended up switching my gb around. my sd card has 12 gb now and my phone devices says it has 2?? i took out the sd card and it still says i have only 2gb /: am running v.03 ROM... now i cant access my gallery or music becayse i have low storage -___________________-
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Do you have anyway to connect it to a pc or another device to see if it isnt just your particular device.

Yes I do.
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I have to delete the etc/init.d/ but I can't. Tried using es explorer as well
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How is this even possible? I would think this is a very serious problem if it can happen naturally. Could you please advise how to prevent this from happening?
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too little info. tell what u run. Reflash to stock if cannot solve.

Running V.03 btw. Max Lee set it up for it to switch for some reason. I just downloaded root explorer and that let me delete that file so I rebooted and it switched back! For anyone who had the same problem here is your solution.
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[Q] I can not write to SD card

So i bought a 16 gb class 4 SD card for my galaxy s3. My old 4 gb SD card that I replaced worked great with no fail. This new card however, sometime unmount and remount. Sometime it lets me write to it other time I can only read what I already have on there from it. This is a problem because when I set the sd card as all my media defaults sometime message comes up saying it failed to write to sd card so it changed back to phone memory.....
Anyone know if this is a bad card or if there is anyway I can set things up to make the card work. Thanks ! I have 15 days to replace it.
edit- I tried to look for other related sd issue, but it seems to only be talking about rooted phones. I dont have root and this is my first android so I'm not comfortable going the rooting route just yet.

Have you reformatted the card?
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yes
DocHoliday77 said:
Have you reformatted the card?
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I've reformatted the card like 4 times now. Its not working very well.

format file
Reasons4Android said:
I've reformatted the card like 4 times now. Its not working very well.
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Which do you recommend. Exfat/ fat32 or Ntfs??

I've also had this issue but my fone is rooted. I've had to reformat it at least once a week. I will go to save music or a picture to it and it will say the ext sd card isn't accessible and when I go check it with root explorer instead of folder titled music It will be £usic or something crazy. Then the card will start switching to r/o instead of r/w.
Edit: it meaning the external sd card.
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Which do you recommend. Exfat/ fat32 or Ntfs??
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I would go with exfat. And try to format it from the phone not the computer.
If you still have problems try fat32.
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DocHoliday77 said:
I would go with exfat. And try to format it from the phone not the computer.
If you still have problems try fat32.
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I've done both and get same end result. Had 2 different cards(same brand).
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You could try this.
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/
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Does the card work fine in a pc? What brand is it? What brand is the old card?

Sd card

Hey guys! I keep getting a message up top that says " you can safely remove sd card" and I can't get to my pics or music. Does anyone know what that is and how to fix it? Thanks in advance!
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coachmoore said:
Hey guys! I keep getting a message up top that says " you can safely remove sd card" and I can't get to my pics or music. Does anyone know what that is and how to fix it? Thanks in advance!
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Stupid question, but have you tried reseating it?

Yeah I tried taking it out and putting it back in
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Yeah I tried taking it out and putting it back in
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I tried going into storage and hit mount sd card... it said preparing sd card then went right back to safely remove.
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One other thing, just trying to clarify... I did load some music into my phone from the computer yesterday, via usb cable.
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Try inserting your sd card into your PC to see if it can read it. You may need to reformat using FAT32.
It could also be a sign your sd card is on the fritz. There are a TON of threads that discuss SD card issues with the SGS3. (As a matter of fact, I had a Sandisk 32gb go belly up on me last month.)

Bass_Man25 said:
Try inserting your sd card into your PC to see if it can read it. You may need to reformat using FAT32.
It could also be a sign your sd card is on the fritz. There are a TON of threads that discuss SD card issues with the SGS3. (As a matter of fact, I had a Sandisk 32gb go belly up on me last month.)
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Thanks, man.. I'll try that tonight!
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coachmoore said:
One other thing, just trying to clarify... I did load some music into my phone from the computer yesterday, via usb cable.
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I had a similar problem. I think you need to use Kies to transfer files from the PC to the Phone. If you want to transfer directly to the card, you need to remove it and put it in an SD Reader.

sounds like a bad sdcard, reformat the card if it is readable on the PC, if not then it's time for a new one. SdCards go by pretty quick these days it seems.

If it is just bad, and I reformat it, will it wipe everything on it?
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Yes, a reformat will wipe everything.

mt3g said:
sounds like a bad sdcard, reformat the card if it is readable on the PC, if not then it's time for a new one. SdCards go by pretty quick these days it seems.
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Especially on this phone.

I've been lucky, I'll be next probably.

What brands are you guys buying? I have two 16gb AmazonBasics Class 10s in 2 S3s, no issues yet. I've come to really like AmazonBasics stuff. I buy the HDMI cables all the time. Always the newest specs, almost always the cheapest.

Ok, something strange happened.. just for grins I went to drop box and exported some pics to my sd card and it shows in the gallery as sd card with those pics in the folder. However, when ya try to mount sd card, it still said safe to remove.
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Spend the $15 to get a new card already. My 2c. Even if the card isn't the issue, it's a not a huge loss. Will need it eventually.

coachmoore said:
Ok, something strange happened.. just for grins I went to drop box and exported some pics to my sd card and it shows in the gallery as sd card with those pics in the folder. However, when ya try to mount sd card, it still said safe to remove.
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That's what happened to me with my Sandisk 32gb Class 4 card - I was able to get it to read/write/format on my PC but it wouldn't co-operate with my phone. After a few tries with the phone, I tried again with my PC but to no avail - it ended up going belly up. Ended up exchanging it for a new one.
However, I bought a Topram 16GB Class 6 card (recommended by another XDA member) and I'm trying that one out now to see how long that one lasts.

Sprint N2 not recognizing sd card?

Hello,
I have a PNY brand new32gb sd card and I've had it for awhile and just today, my n2 decided that it can't detect a sd card. I've never taken it out so it's not handled at all. I even put it in my laptop and it recognizes and reads it just fine! Is there any solution like trying to reformat it or something? TIA
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Problem resolved! :thumbup:
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babiegurl36 said:
Hello,
I have a PNY brand new32gb sd card and I've had it for awhile and just today, my n2 decided that it can't detect a sd card. I've never taken it out so it's not handled at all. I even put it in my laptop and it recognizes and reads it just fine! Is there any solution like trying to reformat it or something? TIA
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I would reformat as Fat32 on your computer and try again in the phone.

babiegurl36 said:
Problem resolved! :thumbup:
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Had similar problem...found out it was an app I had installed on a certain ROM, wouldnt read anything on my sd card. Glad to see you got it fixed.
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You know. I didn't do anything special. I took it out and placed it in my laptop so I could back it up and reformat. I also put my old 4gb sd card in the phone to see if it was a phone issue but it immediately recognized the card.
About 30 minutes later after copying my sd cards contents over to my laptop, I decided to try the card in my phone one last time before reformatting it. It worked! No need to do anything.
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babiegurl36 said:
You know. I didn't do anything special. I took it out and placed it in my laptop so I could back it up and reformat. I also put my old 4gb sd card in the phone to see if it was a phone issue but it immediately recognized the card.
About 30 minutes later after copying my sd cards contents over to my laptop, I decided to try the card in my phone one last time before reformatting it. It worked! No need to do anything.
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Plan on reformatting my sd card myself. Have so many files and crap. Wanting to start fresh.
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sd storage

Not rooted. Sd card no longer accepts camera storage. I have 30+ free gb of storage on the card and yesterday it completely stopped storing. Could have been an update im unsure. The setting is defaulted to sd storage but they disappear after reboot. Anyone have this issue or a resolution? Sca

pbl57lsu said:
Not rooted. Sd card no longer accepts camera storage. I have 30+ free gb of storage on the card and yesterday it completely stopped storing. Could have been an update im unsure. The setting is defaulted to sd storage but they disappear after reboot. Anyone have this issue or a resolution? Sca
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Check on a PC to see if the SD card is corrupted or stuck in read-only. If that is the case, you will need a new card. Had the same issue, bought a new card and that cured that, for now, but still corrupted the pics afterwards. Spoke with sprint and they said it was not a known issue. A few others are having the same issue.
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How do i check for the corruption or read only on the pc? Im not entirely tech savy but i can follow instructions haha.
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pbl57lsu said:
How do i check for the corruption or read only on the pc? Im not entirely tech savy but i can follow instructions haha.
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There are many ways to check, when I put in my MicroSD directly into my laptop running Windows 8.1, it said there was a error with the drive and needed to be fixed, I believe windows 7 might do the same thing. You can also format the SD card to see if it works, but if you format it, you lose everything. I would make a backup folder of your SD card contents before hand. However, after taking out the SD card and putting it back in the note 4, the new SD card that I bought stopped corrupting my pictures, so it might just go away over time.
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Plug into the computer and it recognized the files fine. I backed everything up and attempted to format the card in the phone. It did nothing. I deleted all of the content on the computer and it reappeared after formatting on the phone. Pretty confused

pbl57lsu said:
Plug into the computer and it recognized the files fine. I backed everything up and attempted to format the card in the phone. It did nothing. I deleted all of the content on the computer and it reappeared after formatting on the phone. Pretty confused
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It's a bad SD card then, SanDisk SD card are known for having this issue. Depending on the manufacturer, there is a warranty. I just got a new card instead since I paid around 27 for a 64GB on amazon. Either way should solve the problem. There are SD card formatter software out there, but when mine had that error, it said it was write-protected. Could also try that, but doubt it will work
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This is the 2nd one ive had crap out. You recommend a brand? Samsung one looks decent.

Did u try the SD fix app in the market
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I didnt realize they had one. Its a SanDisk app?

Im also not rooted. Just a stock note 4

I have a Samsung 64GB now, works perfectly, will probably buy Samsung when my other SanDisk has the same issue, lol
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