does anyone know where the internal storage is located and if I would be able to change it?
due to news of all u.s. carriers being limited to 16gb internal storage note 2's I was wondering if this would be a simple mod (don't worry, I know how to solder). the reason I assume solder is because I looked at the pictures Darkendvoid88 posted at this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1959005
and did not see an internal micro sd card slot and figured it would be an onboard chip somewhere.
if anyone could take a look at the pictures and let me know what type of chip is used i'll most likely start doing some research and probably order a 64gb version. I have the best buy black tie protection program so no worries about damaging my phone.
thanks in advance for any help I can get considering i'm looked at as a noob.
So nobody has any info on this? I would really like to try this?
Edit - My bad, I was directing you back to the thread you linked.
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okay i hope i don't get flamed for this, but im seeing multiple answers from different sources
so the question is
does the galaxy nexus have a micro SD card slot?
edit: just checked their site
http://www.samsung.com/ca/consumer/...dex.idx?pagetype=prd_detail&tab=specification
if you look at the tech specs it says it has SD card support
Nope no SD card on it
Pretty sure those specs are specifically for the international version. The VZW version doesn't have expandable memory.
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daveqsang said:
Just like the Nexus S, it has no removable SD card slot. WHile this may seem like a negative since everyone it used to sd slots, its really not that big of a deal at least for me, coming from experience
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I LOVE having an SD slot. I am able to transfer files (pics, ROMS, etc) from my computer to phone and visa versa. Personally I would never buy a phone without one.
sushiguy732 said:
I LOVE having an SD slot. I am able to transfer files (pics, ROMS, etc) from my computer to phone and visa versa. Personally I would never buy a phone without one.
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You can do that on phones without SD slots...it is called USB mass storage, which coincidentally is disabled by ice cream sandwich.
In my experience, especially dealing with verizon, I'd better have an SD slot, because the phone WILL fail and require a replacement and the last thing I need is a bricked phone that I can't recover my files from.
So, I was holding our for the Nexus but now I need to figure out my next device real soon...
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No it does not a micro SD Card Slot...... if that makes you uncomfortable ... then do not get one. But, for most this is totally a non issue
I used the phone it is beyond excellent....... its feel is way better than an iphart 4gs
It really is a major step up...........
Its sad... I guess because of the NFC
oka1 said:
No it does not a micro SD Card Slot...... if that makes you uncomfortable ... then do not get one. But, for most this is totally a non issue
I used the phone it is beyond excellent....... its feel is way better than an iphart 4gs
It really is a major step up...........
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But a major downgrade when compared with galaxy s2. This phone sucks
Natasfonos said:
In my experience, especially dealing with verizon, I'd better have an SD slot, because the phone WILL fail and require a replacement and the last thing I need is a bricked phone that I can't recover my files from.
So, I was holding our for the Nexus but now I need to figure out my next device real soon...
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Why are you blaming Verizon, or hardware issues for something that could happen that would be entirely your fault? (not backing up your own info)
So, the Galaxy Nexus doesn't have an SD slot. Is it Google?
What I mean is, my understanding of the Nexus S was that it was essentially Google's specs and design and Samsung made it, but they wanted to have their own phone with all their crapware on the market, so the basically made the exact same hardware in a different case and filled it full of Touchwiz. But the Galaxy S had an SD slot!
So is the no SD slot something Google have decided for security/aesthetic reasons, or is just a technical thing and they decided the phone could live without?
I never fire up my laptop anymore so backing up my files would be a problem.
If I wanted to be hooked to a laptop to backup I'd get an iPhone.
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it's a website typo
no SD card slot
reason why i prefer S2 over NG
subxero123 said:
okay i hope i don't get flamed for this, but im seeing multiple answers from different sources
so the question is
does the galaxy nexus have a micro SD card slot?
edit: just checked their site
http://www.samsung.com/ca/consumer/...dex.idx?pagetype=prd_detail&tab=specification
if you look at the tech specs it says it has SD card support
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I hardly ever remove sd card from the phone and to be honest unless you store loads of music/videos 16GB of build in memory is way more than I need...
I got GN on VZW, unfortunately no SD card, which would typically annoy me, but with Google Music/Spotify, Calandar, Gmail, Contacts, G+/Picasa Web, and Dropbox (which can be used to transfer files too) there really is no need to worry about having to back up/transfer or need more storage anymore.
No slot=no sale.... Why would they make that decision. Unless the phone had 32gb internal.
No expandable memory? WTF, thought only Apple did that.
nope, no memory slot. That's why Galaxy 2 is a better phone. Just my .02
cloud services and managing your drive space should help keep it from filling too fast, it is terrible that they didn't include the sdcard slot option
Nope it doesnt. It has a virtual SD card. To store Apps + Data. But thts bout it
So I have a 64gb sandisc u1 card, in partition magic it shows the usable space as a partition in between a small set of unpartitioned space and a large set.
All space = 2tb
Thoughts?
Explinations?
Exploits?
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sounds like you might have picked up a fake card chinese formatted.. i'd backup anything you have on it, delete all partitions and redo it. see what it comes up with then..
No, its from best buy. I dont buy transflash off ebay. Its 59gb in compasity currently. I didnt do any mods. Im asking about possable mods, or as I have infered, that theirs nothing. It shows 59gb in windows. Only partition magic shows 2tb full withh all the rest of the area being unpartitioned and unformated space
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What are you using to see this 2TB? A PC? Format the card in your phone. As to hacks/mods that would cause these mods.
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What are you using to see this 2TB? A PC? Format the card in your phone. As to hacks/mods that would cause these mods.
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His post above yours says what he's using. Partition magic. Either way, I'm guessing the issue is the software if Windows shows the true value. If you want a safe piece of mind, back up the data, and exchange it best buy. If the new one reads the same issue, then it's the software. Cause no way 2TB would fit a microsd.
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I dont belive its the software because other trans flash didnt have this issue.
Yes pc
I dont need help formatic the card its working just fine at stock settings currently.
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Have you tried using the software to read other 64GB cards? Either way, if everything is working fine, and you download other software and everything but Partition magic reads it at 64GB, then just keep it.
Thats not realy what I was asking tho
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Thats not realy what I was asking tho
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It's not a 2TB card. As people have answered you, either the hardware is borked, or the software is confused with that card (make, model, when it was made, etc). Just because other cards have worked fine doesn't mean the software isn't confused. Just because you bought it from BestBuy doesn't mean the card is good.
People asked about eBay because many of us have been burned buying a card that is formatted wrong so it looks like it has a higher capacity than it really has. Either the software you are using (that exact edition, set up, installation) is giving you possible options to make computers think it is higher capacity (which will not do you any good), or that card could be flawed which is confusing the software into being unsure of it's total capacity.
The only exploit you could do is try using the 2TB formatting and showing people your super cool 2TB card (which would destroy files that were placed in non existent sectors). I don't recommend doing that, as it wastes the card.
I haven't really said anything that anyone else hasn't been talking about, but these seem to answer anything you may have been asking (since technically you never formed a full question). So I think your question was answered, you may have just not asked what you meant to.
Correct, but I do not belive the card is flawed. I agree with the rest though. And if my question dosent seem fully developed I appologise
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My Galaxy Nexus got run over by a car, and the screen was damaged pretty bad. I understand that it can't be repaired and that I'll be lucky to get anything off of it, but I'm hoping since the boards inside weren't damaged much that a data recovery company might be able to pull off my data. The reason for my question is that when I spoke to them they asked me and I didn't know the answer so I'd like to get a clear understanding from someone who knows.
Does the Galaxy Nexus have a flash memory controller or does it have an uncontrolled MTD chip? Judging from the fact that it's got a couple ext4 partitions (according to this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1469490 ) I would guess it's a controlled chip but I just want to make sure.
Also does the fact that it's under "/dev/block/mmcblk0" mean that it uses an MultiMedia Card controller?
Finally if it is a controlled device that means that if the controller is damaged the data is irretrievable right? Is the controller part of the Samsung multi-memory chip or is it separate on the board?
When I get back to them I want to give them as much information as I can so answers to any or all of these questions would be greatly appreciated.
P.S. If anyone knows of a good data recovery service in Canada that they could recommend I'd greatly appreciate it. I understand it won't be cheap but all of the ones I've seen are ridiculous (like $300 dollars to undelete files on a windows OS which you can do with free software in 10 minutes)
So, after reading through all the issues some of us have had on these cards..... I was feeling pretty darn good about myself, as I had none.... Well, I have since swapped to a new phone. I now have 2 micro sd cards that can not be reformatted in anyway shape or form.... I have tried (I think), just about all tricks and software. The big question that I'm unsure if anyone has asked is, does anyone think these can be locked by the Kitkat upgrade some of us did? It just strikes me a little odd that, nothing I do will allow me to clean these cards. I have a new card in, and I'm able to read and write like normal. But I'm sure there's something I'm missing. Thanks for any insight
I went to Disneyland today with my family. Camera default saving location to the external Samsung evo microsd. All the pictures I took look like this...anyone know why? Or how to fix the pictures? Thanks in advance.
evilbobvu said:
I went to Disneyland today with my family. Camera default saving location to the external Samsung evo microsd. All the pictures I took look like this...anyone know why? Or how to fix the pictures? Thanks in advance.
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is it ok on computer?
evilbobvu said:
I went to Disneyland today with my family. Camera default saving location to the external Samsung evo microsd. All the pictures I took look like this...anyone know why? Or how to fix the pictures? Thanks in advance.
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That's very unfortunate (and really an unforgivable malfunction by Samsung, I think) because there is no way I've seen to regain the pictures. There are a dozen posts like yours on the different carriers individual forums stating exactly the same problem..with no solution. There's many different types of SD cards listed too so it's not the cards themselves, It's the phone doing it. The programs on the internet don't get them back and I believe the actual picture itself is probably corrupted as it's writing to the card. The same thing happened with the note3. There's another post on this forum with a guy who took pics of his SONS WEDDING and it was all lost. I hope I'm wrong, Disneyland is awesome
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That's very unfortunate (and really an unforgivable malfunction by Samsung, I think) because there is no way I've seen to regain the pictures. There are a dozen posts like yours on the different carriers individual forums stating exactly the same problem..with no solution. There's many different types of SD cards listed too so it's not the cards themselves, It's the phone doing it. The programs on the internet don't get them back and I believe the actual picture itself is probably corrupted as it's writing to the card. The same thing happened with the note3. There's another post on this forum with a guy who took pics of his SONS WEDDING and it was all lost. I hope I'm wrong, Disneyland is awesome
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You are right. The pictures are corrupted. Even I am copying to PC. Its shame on Samsung.
damn, and here I went and bought the Samsung card because samsung phones always corrupt SanDisk... hopefully mine doesn't mess up. damn.
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That sucks, glad I read this post because I saw a black friday deal on a 64gb and 128gb Samsung card but now I'll just stick to my crusty 4 year old SanDisk 16gb card it's still kicking so Hey....
quick fix for now
Just so you know if you tell the camera to write to phone memory it works fine, you have to then use the stock file manager to move them to card for storage.
I have a feeling it's a security knox thing, hope sammy fixes this soon.
rusty.gh said:
Just so you know if you tell the camera to write to phone memory it works fine, you have to then use the stock file manager to move them to card for storage.
I have a feeling it's a security knox thing, hope sammy fixes this soon.
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No, it does not fix it.
I copied to my laptop, uploaded to the cloud (dropbox and google photos) hoping that the gallery app is corrupted but none work..
I should have used my words better, the files (pictures) you already took are most likely toast.
You just need to set camera to phone memory in the future to get NEW good pictures.
I have problem on my Samsung Evo sdcard 64gb, it is 100% working good on my Huawei P8 Lite but when I transferred it to my Lg G Pro 2, it says corrupted.
Fyi, i gently removed my sdcard then transferred it to my G Pro 2 then after that, it cannot read and says corrupted or unsupported file system, which is not true because G Pro 2 can support 64gb sdcard.
Pls advise how to fix this without reformatting.