Buy an external sdcard reader - T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII

Every one needs to by an external sdcard and an external reader, every time someone posts about not having a backup or stuck in recovery cause there rom is corrupt and won't boot... if you had an external sdcard and a reader problem solved... just a friendly piece of advice.
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Good advice. Which one do you have if you don't mind sharing?
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chrisram88 said:
Good advice. Which one do you have if you don't mind sharing?
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I have 3 a sandisk (for my sandisk SD card) a Kingston(same thing) and a Dynex... I prefer the Dynex cause it has a little slot for micro so there is no need for the 2nd adapter. http://www.google.com/products/cata...=X&ei=7Bo1UPPjH4bY2gXgzoG4Dg&ved=0CIQBEPMCMAM

mt3g said:
I have 3 a sandisk (for my sandisk SD card) a Kingston(same thing) and a Dynex... I prefer the Dynex cause it has a little slot for micro so there is no need for the 2nd adapter.
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Thanks will deff look into that. They pretty cheap.
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Many newer pc's come with sd card readers.

mt3g said:
Every one needs to by an external sdcard and an external reader, every time someone posts about not having a backup or stuck in recovery cause there rom is corrupt and won't boot... if you had an external sdcard and a reader problem solved... just a friendly piece of advice.
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I agree, I have been with 1 for over a year. Boy has it saved my life plenty of times. I have an Ultra All in One it reads : MD-CF I/II, XD-SM/SMC, MS/MD/MSP, SD/MMC AND TF which is tghe micro sd. I paid like $7 at COMPUSA.

Ya, they definitely come in handy.
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Ext sdcard corruption

So I don't know what's happening but I have a 32gb class 10 micro sd card. And once a week it just goes corrupt and my files are all corrupt. It's seriously getting on my nerves and I don't know what to do. I I've formatted it in the phone and in a pc and it doesn't matter it still happens.
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They don't last forever. Have you used that card a lot?
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redhooka said:
They don't last forever. Have you used that card a lot?
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Nope I just bought it and returned one because of this.
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Any ideas? It will just abruptly stop saving pictures to my ext sdcard and when I use root explorer to see why it has changed from read/write to read/only.
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Sounds like the card may just be faulty?
I have had one incident with my current SD card recently where it wiped itself but fortunately it hasn't happened again. I have a 32 GB Class 10 also. I have read of other experiences with QC issues with lesser known brands like "Patriot" (my current) or "PNY". I think for my next one I'll spend the extra dough and go Samsung. I hear those are built like tanks
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Sounds like the card may just be faulty?
I have had one incident with my current SD card recently where it wiped itself but fortunately it hasn't happened again. I have a 32 GB Class 10 also. I have read of other experiences with QC issues with lesser known brands like "Patriot" (my current) or "PNY". I think for my next one I'll spend the extra dough and go Samsung. I hear those are built like tanks
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SanDisk are the best. I have a 64GB class 10 microSDXC UHS-1 in mine.
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It could be the card itself. Why not try another card and see if it happens on other cards.
SGSIIIUser said:
It could be the card itself. Why not try another card and see if it happens on other cards.
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I bought a Samsung one on ebay new in box.. Let y'all know how it goes. This is my second one of this same one to mess up like this.
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I have a Samsung 16G one and went corrupt just the other day.
Good thing I back up my phone on the constant.
Never had issues with any cards till I got this phone.
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JesseMT4G said:
I have a Samsung 16G one and went corrupt just the other day.
Good thing I back up my phone on the constant.
Never had issues with any cards till I got this phone.
Damnit! Not good news for me. I hate that the internal memory is all one partition. This is ridiculous.
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64Gb micro SD card

Do anyone know how to make a 64Gb micro SD card read correctly on this ROM, I tried formatting n it seem like the phone won't read it
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Do anyone know how to make a 64Gb micro SD card read correctly on this ROM, I tried formatting n it seem like the phone won't read it
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Sorry forgot to say what ROM, the ROM is aokp 10/24/12
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Yes. Put in the 64GB SD card, go to settings (storage), unmount, format SD. Your microSD should now be partitioned the right way to use it.
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I tried it but it won't read as it is a 64 GB card for some reason or its not reading it at all , I don't know if I had to go back to ICS ROMs or what
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You have to format it in FAT32 with your PC.
If you Google it, you will find a little program that will do that.
I know there is a thread on XDA about this, but I'm at work and don't
have time to search for it.
EDIT: I did the searching for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1794514&highlight=64gb
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Yella23 said:
I tried it but it won't read as it is a 64 GB card for some reason or its not reading it at all , I don't know if I had to go back to ICS ROMs or what
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Do you have a Blackberry around? That happened to my microSD when NOTHING at all would read it. I just stuck the card into a Blackberry to see if the card was broken. On the screen, there was a pop-up that said that I had a new memory card inserted and it asked if I wanted to format it. I hit yes, and all of a sudden, my microSD card started working again.
Can I ask where you got your 64gig card from and how much it cost? I would really like to get one. Thanks
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Can I ask where you got your 64gig card from and how much it cost? I would really like to get one. Thanks
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Amazon it was on sale
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You have to format it in FAT32 with your PC.
If you Google it, you will find a little program that will do that.
I know there is a thread on XDA about this, but I'm at work and don't
have time to search for it.
EDIT: I did the searching for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1794514&highlight=64gb
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I ended up going back to my ics ROM and the micro sd card formatted with no problem but it wouldn't read on,my jellybean rom
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Format 64gb. Sandisk micro SD to fat32

First and for most I am not responsible for anything that might happen to your phone, computer, or sd card. I am simply posting to help anyone ot there who might have an error with there new cards.
So along with alot of others who jumped on the 64gb micro sd sales I purchased from best buy. When I tried to get my phone to register the card which was originally extfat by default it wasnt recognized. So then I tried formating to ntsc to yet again fail. I finally tried to convert to fat32. What follows is a guide to get uou 64gb sd card to fat32.
First make sure you backup any info you might have on you 64gb. Card because formatting will erase EVERYTHING.
Second, connect your micro sd to a computer. I personally used the micro sd to full sd adapter that came with my card.
Third go to the following website
http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?fat32format.htm
And download the gui app by clicking the picture.
Fourth run it. Make sure you select the right location to were your sdcard is.
Fifth click the allocation to your preference (im not sure what this is suppose to do but I set it to max roughly about 64-65) then make sure you select the right destination if not you can format your hdd on the computer. Then press the quick format and start button.
Sixth the script should take less then a min. To be done and have a formatted fat32 64gb microsd card..
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How common is this issue? I've got a 64GB Sandisk with exformat in my T889 with no apparent problems (so far).
Im not to sure how common it is but I ran into trouble. I tried the default for the card then ntsc and it wasnt registering with my phone althought I must say I was running perseus kerenel with the memory swap script. Then after I formatted to fat32 it work. Not sure were I read on some other people running in to trouble with the same sandisk card until they formatted.
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illest_one_7777 said:
Im not to sure how common it is but I ran into trouble. I tried the default for the card then ntsc and it wasnt registering with my phone althought I must say I was running perseus kerenel with the memory swap script. Then after I formatted to fat32 it work. Not sure were I read on some other people running in to trouble with the same sandisk card until they formatted.
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Hmm...well, I think I've also read similar around the net. Good of you to share your solution!
Yup hopefully they hold up. I had a 32gd. Sandisk sd with fat32 and this 64 gb card doubles that so now I have about 74 gbs. Of usable memory. I play alot of gameloft games those things are memory whores
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How common is this issue? I've got a 64GB Sandisk with exformat in my T889 with no apparent problems (so far).
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I bought Sandisk 64gb card from best buy..my phone reads the exfat card fine..but when I use mtp transfer my computer recognizes the card as generic hierarchical and limits my file size..is there a way to Mount the actually card as exfat without removing it from my phone?
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Here is the link for MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition (It's FREE). I have been using this Great Tool for years to format my sdcards without any issues at all.
http://download.cnet.com/MiniTool-Partition-Wizard-Home-Edition/3000-2094_4-10962200.html
Jerry D said:
Here is the link for MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition (It's FREE). I have been using this Great Tool for years to format my sdcards without any issues at all.
http://download.cnet.com/MiniTool-Partition-Wizard-Home-Edition/3000-2094_4-10962200.html
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Good program..
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I would loke to know how many ppl have ran into this problem. Wonder if its rom/kernel related or if its the card
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Jerry D said:
Here is the link for MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition (It's FREE). I have been using this Great Tool for years to format my sdcards without any issues at all.
http://download.cnet.com/MiniTool-Partition-Wizard-Home-Edition/3000-2094_4-10962200.html
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It'll format it but it says 27GB not 59GB so it's only seeing half of it.
Hmm. I dont even know there's an issue like this. I bought my card online 64GB Sandisk Class 10 during the Thanksgiving sales and its like plug and play since then. No problem at all.
I've gone through 2 64GB sd cards. They work for a while and then something odd happens. I write to the card but the file is gone if my phone reboots. Permissions issue maybe?
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This worked!
Jerry D said:
Here is the link for MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition (It's FREE). I have been using this Great Tool for years to format my sdcards without any issues at all.
http://download.cnet.com/MiniTool-Partition-Wizard-Home-Edition/3000-2094_4-10962200.html
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Wow! The OP was a bit long to go through and I didn't quite understand it, so I tried the above program.
One click to format it and I got from 32GB to my 64GB back!
Thanks!
This is weird i had just installed my new sd card and 5mins later it unmounted and was unable to read or write to it. Im running stock by the way. Im getting a new one next week any tips.
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I was told that the ROM I have doesn't read a 64 gig card..the last time I tried to download a torrent I was told I didn't have enough storage space..I have 36 gig left on it..I downloaded the music, and I saw it was all there..right after I did a restart the music was gone...Do I need to reformat the card to exfat or fat 32? It is a Sandisk, I never formatted the card..I was told we don't have to format a Sandisk card, they come that way...I have a Note 2 from T-Mobile...
kcs_135 said:
I've gone through 2 64GB sd cards. They work for a while and then something odd happens. I write to the card but the file is gone if my phone reboots. Permissions issue maybe?
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I just had the same thing happen to me..I downloaded a bunch of albums..they were there..then I rebooted and they were gone...but when uTorrent was downloading it told me I didn't have enough space..I told it to go ahead anyway...they made it but then disappeared..
I have had my 64gb. San disk for about a year and a half without any issues. I formatted the way I outlined in the first post and it has been smooth sailing ever since. I know that the first post could be a bit tedious but it is the RIGHT way. No short cuts. I did have an issue with some kerrnels. For example saber kernel from Jedi Roms says that it can swap your memory partition from external to internal and it does for about a week and then for some odd reason it just locks your SD so you can't download or delete any thing. The combination I have been using is an old school pegasus kernel with a memory swap script. I have been using that for a long time and not only is it the most stable memory swap, but the kernel has never messed up my SD either. P.S. just my 2 cents
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illest_one_7777 said:
Yup hopefully they hold up. I had a 32gd. Sandisk sd with fat32 and this 64 gb card doubles that so now I have about 74 gbs. Of usable memory. I play alot of gameloft games those things are memory whores
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You mean usable STORAGE.
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You mean usable STORAGE.
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Excuse me yes use able storage. 74 GB usable memory won't be possible till like 2016 maybe the nexus 8
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Please don't quote me on the above it does have a hint of sarcasm
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[HELP]Dead SD card!ยก

So long story short: my 32gb sandisk micro sd ended up getting split in two partitions so I have two seperate 14gb partitions, one is fat32 and the other is ntfs I believe..
I have used every tool / program / fix that I can find and am now at the point of giving up on this SD card..
Can anyone suggest ANYTHING at all, so far nothing has worked for me..
Oh and its dead in the sense that neither my GT 10.1 nor my s3 will read the sd card.
If you have access to a PC, I recommend MiniTool Partition Wizard. If you're trying to get information off the card, I recommend MiniTool Power Data Recovery.
Also, you may be able to get the card replaced for free under warranty. Many SD cards have, like, 5 year or lifetime warranty.
I tried using MiniTool Partition Wizard, but it wouldn't allow me to recover both partitions im assuming because one is fat32 and the other is ntfs. Ill try the other tool tomorrow. Thanks for the reply and suggestion!
Hey try this fix, it's worked for me in the past for a corrupted SD card but I never partitioned mine. Good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4112485
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Boxy52 said:
Hey try this fix, it's worked for me in the past for a corrupted SD card but I never partitioned mine. Good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4112485
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Thanks very much sadly I couldn't recover the SD card it's now unreadable by every computer in my house I'm taking it back to the store hopefully I can get a refund or an exchange thank you guys so much for your help though!
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So long story short: my 32gb sandisk micro sd ended up getting split in two partitions so I have two seperate 14gb partitions, one is fat32 and the other is ntfs I believe..
I have used every tool / program / fix that I can find and am now at the point of giving up on this SD card..
Can anyone suggest ANYTHING at all, so far nothing has worked for me..
Oh and its dead in the sense that neither my GT 10.1 nor my s3 will read the sd card.
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I bought my Sandisk 32gb card less than a year ago and it pooped out. Ended up throwing it out because I couldn't reformat it. Thought the cause might be my phone heating up.
Adizzzle said:
Thanks very much sadly I couldn't recover the SD card it's now unreadable by every computer in my house I'm taking it back to the store hopefully I can get a refund or an exchange thank you guys so much for your help though!
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Aw damn. Sorry about that! Good luck with the store.
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Aw damn. Sorry about that! Good luck with the store.
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Thanks dude I ended up getting a free 32 GB Micro SD for free so that was pretty awesome
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Thanks dude I ended up getting a free 32 GB Micro SD for free so that was pretty awesome
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That's awesome! Glad to hear it all worked out

Home made Micro USB OTG card reader

Last night i was looking to see if there is anyone making micro usb card readers or flash drives but I didn't find much. I see some guys making flash drives with micro usb connectors but they are not available yet. I decided to play with a micro sd card reader and a micro usb connector from a old cable and here is what I came up with. I hope will inspire you to do the same because I am sure you have some sd card lying around not used.
Not a bad effort there mate
I'm sure I read somewhere else that one's similar to these would be available to buy.
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No "How to guide"??
naturecannon said:
No "How to guide"??
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Here I have some pictures I hope will help you.
jonny68 said:
Not a bad effort there mate
I'm sure I read somewhere else that one's similar to these would be available to buy.
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Thank you, until it is available I will play with this one,it is working fine so far.
Great job. Thanks for posting
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georo said:
Last night i was looking to see if there is anyone making micro usb card readers or flash drives but I didn't find much. I see some guys making flash drives with micro usb connectors but they are not available yet. I decided to play with a micro sd card reader and a micro usb connector from a old cable and here is what I came up with. I hope will inspire you to do the same because I am sure you have some sd card lying around not used.
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I read on here on another post that they made one into a lego! LOL! It looked cool as hell! I'll look for the post and put up a link for everyone who is interested.
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Who at HTC decided to design this absent using a SD card, he outta be tarred and feathered
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Who at HTC decided to design this absent using a SD card, he outta be tarred and feathered
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LOL That's a good one.
I found this one but the bad thing, it will not support cards more than 16GB. To bad it is looking good. I think they will coming with something greater soon.

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