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Hi, so today every time i would boot up my phone i noticed it took a really long time to recognize the SD card (32 GB SanDisk class 4 micro SDHC). Later in the day, aka a few hours ago, I rebooted my phone and it flat wont recognize the card is there. I've tried formatting through my computer, still didn't recognize the card was there. I tried formatting through cwm 5.5.x recovery and all i get is an error saying it cannot mount the SD. The only time i could even get it to recognize the card it said it was either blank or written in an unreadable filesystem, so i clicked format, but it seems not to format the card. I tried popping in a blank 4GB (micro SDHC class 4) i had laying around, and it worked no problem.
PLEASE HELP!!! I cannot fit my 14GB of Music on my tiny 4BG SD!!!
Thank you to anyone who responds in advance
!!!! Update!!!!!
Fixed!
I used the format SD program in the link provided by 216Monster below.
This program takes hours (I did a full format) but it works!
Please don't be afraid to hit the thanks button!
idiotzach15 said:
Hi, so today every time i would boot up my phone i noticed it took a really long time to recognize the SD card (32 GB SanDisk class 4 micro SDHC). Later in the day, aka a few hours ago, I rebooted my phone and it flat wont recognize the card is there. I've tried formatting through my computer, still didn't recognize the card was there. I tried formatting through cwm 5.5.x recovery and all i get is an error saying it cannot mount the SD. The only time i could even get it to recognize the card it said it was either blank or written in an unreadable filesystem, so i clicked format, but it seems not to format the card. I tried popping in a blank 4GB (micro SDHC class 4) i had laying around, and it worked no problem.
PLEASE HELP!!! I cannot fit my 14GB of Music on my tiny 4BG SD!!!
Thank you to anyone who responds in advance
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Download SD Formatter from https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/ and see if that works for you, might end up with the same results.
Also did you try sd card in something other then your phone to make sure its not faulty?
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Download SD Formatter ...
Also did you try sd card in something other then your phone to make sure its not faulty?
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Yes. luckily i found a 16gig card i had, which is working. but i will try that formatter now, thank you
Edit: sorry read that wrong.. but the case works fine in all my computers...but I tried another Android and it failed to work there also
I had the same problem with 2 16gb sandisk sdcards, never really figured out why it did that but every other brand works fine no problem at all
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Another thing you could try is a sd card from samsung, im using a 32gb class 10 in my r800x and it works great!
http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/memory-storage/MB-MSBGA/US
http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/memory-storage/MB-MSBGA/US-specs
Pretty sure the class is one of the factors that determine if the SD card will work with your phone. 16 SD here.
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cj360 said:
Pretty sure the class is one of the factors that determine if the SD card will work with your phone. 16 SD here.
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Well I think all the cards I have are class 4... and the 32 gig card has worked for me for more than half a year
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Hardware failure? I've read a couple other ppl having issues with 32 gb. Kinda why I don't wana plot the money down work one if I don't know its gonna work.
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idiotzach15 said:
Hi, so today every time i would boot up my phone i noticed it took a really long time to recognize the SD card (32 GB SanDisk class 4 micro SDHC). Later in the day, aka a few hours ago, I rebooted my phone and it flat wont recognize the card is there. I've tried formatting through my computer, still didn't recognize the card was there. I tried formatting through cwm 5.5.x recovery and all i get is an error saying it cannot mount the SD. The only time i could even get it to recognize the card it said it was either blank or written in an unreadable filesystem, so i clicked format, but it seems not to format the card. I tried popping in a blank 4GB (micro SDHC class 4) i had laying around, and it worked no problem.
PLEASE HELP!!! I cannot fit my 14GB of Music on my tiny 4BG SD!!!
Thank you to anyone who responds in advance
!!!! Update!!!!!
Fixed!
I used the format SD program in the link provided by 216Monster below.
This program takes hours (I did a full format) but it works!
Please don't be afraid to hit the thanks button!
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Can you post detailed information on how you did it? Override? Did you marked format size?
Hi,
I bought a trancend 32gb microsd SDHC class4 card for the note about 10 days back..Worked fine for 2 days then suddenly stopped working...Stopped working means does not get detected in the phone or on the laptop (there is no option for mount/unmount on the phone)..Ive tried my older 8gb card on my phone and that works fine..Ive also tried the screwed up card on my blackberry bold and it doesnt detect there as well..
Well, i thought its the card's fault and ordered a replacement...
They sent one and same story again!! worked for 2 days and same thing again
Now i dont know if its the card's problem or my phone's..Anybody with any idea??
PS - i am rooted and on criskelo v11.2 with speedmod 3-13 if it matters...also both times i had about 15gb of data in the card...
ive also tried blowing and cleaning the contacts..also tried inserting a piece of paper in the slot to cancel out loose contacts but nothing works
Thanks..
What was the file system on the card?
SolteRR said:
What was the file system on the card?
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err..i dont remember
i formatted it using the phone before putting in files..so whatever the phone formats it as was there...
are there specifications to follow??
Very strange problem , but I am facing the same problem with a Trancend 32 GB card replaced twice and worked only for 1 day and then stopped recognising , not sure if it makes a diff the Mobo was replaced by Service center about 4 months back ,, may be a mobo fault? but my 16GB card just works fine
same thing happened to me also ..... i replaced a new 32g card let me see if it works fine or i will never buy another 32gb trancend card
since both r indians ill talk in tat context
flipkart now says they wont replace anymore and will refund the amount as credit! He also adviced that sandisk works better on the note for this capacity..i dont know wat logic he had! please do update if u find a solution/alternate
@anirudh - which company is that 16gb from? maybe ill have to make do with 16gb since 32 doesnt work
32Gb micro SDHC class 4 by Transcend, not recognised by GT N7000
Hi All,
I'm using a GT N7000 on Official 4.1.2 XXLT5 (recently updated). I'm using a Transcend microsd 32gb class 4 for about a year now with this note. But I'm facing this issue of 'blank SD' and 'unable to format' from 2-3 months now after I updated to one of the official OS upgrade.
I've tried reverting back to all the earlier versions of Android where it worked fine, but there seems to be no change. I can read the card using an external card reader in my laptop, but not through the phone.
I've tried formatting it to all the possible types (NTFS, exFAT, FAT32), nothing seems to work, for the note. I can read it on PC though.
I tried reading the same card in another device, but now it's not readable in that as well. Any suggestion/solution, much appreciated.
Thanks
Baahu
Baahubali said:
Hi All,
I'm using a GT N7000 on Official 4.1.2 XXLT5 (recently updated). I'm using a Transcend microsd 32gb class 4 for about a year now with this note. But I'm facing this issue of 'blank SD' and 'unable to format' from 2-3 months now after I updated to one of the official OS upgrade.
I've tried reverting back to all the earlier versions of Android where it worked fine, but there seems to be no change. I can read the card using an external card reader in my laptop, but not through the phone.
I've tried formatting it to all the possible types (NTFS, exFAT, FAT32), nothing seems to work, for the note. I can read it on PC though.
I tried reading the same card in another device, but now it's not readable in that as well. Any suggestion/solution, much appreciated.
Thanks
Baahu
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Boot into recovery mode and go to mounts and storage. From there format the external memory card (format /sdcard). Alternatively you could try with a format from the "storage" in settings.
Use the card reader with ur pc. Go to disk management and format the card FAT32. Before formating, delete the partition/partitions on ur card. U should get unallocated space. Create partition and it should work. The big problem is that u may see some problems between note and 32gb card. The phone it may restart and u should go to recovery/download mode to restart it... good luck.
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Alright basically it was working fine intill I deleted some stuff on my SD card external. I flash between high on android with SD swapped with external apps 2 SD. It basically doesn't work on any cyan based rom it says SD card not installed. But yea it reads it and the downloaded camera s work my second third month flashing I try to make wise chooses but if anyone has suggestions help me out I tried restores different cm ROMs don't know and it takes panorama
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jridda10121 said:
Alright basically it was working fine intill I deleted some stuff on my SD card external. I flash between high on android with SD swapped with external apps 2 SD. It basically doesn't work on any cyan based rom it says SD card not installed. But yea it reads it and the downloaded camera s work my second third month flashing I try to make wise chooses but if anyone has suggestions help me out I tried restores different cm ROMs don't know and it takes panorama
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Hm. if im not wrong im pretty sure that His rom converts it to a different format... so put ur sd card stuff in ur internal storage or your computer and then insert your sd card go to settings and storage it should say mount sd card and it should connect to it so the phone can understand it. theres an option to format the sd card i recommend just doing that since your data from ur sd is saved somewhere else and tada! you formated your micro sd card
Yeah I think. That might. Work because I just got a new 32 gig sd card and with that apps tosd hack I formatted it because it is kinda annoying that all that data goes to a fake internal with the nice hack but everything is on card ill just start fresh without format like with the old card thanks it worked fine before I formatted the card on high on androud rom great rom for the moment looking for a good touchwiz rom.
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Having an issue with my T-Mobile S4. Starting yesterday after resetting my phone freezes up after I insert an SD Card into it. I leave the SD Card out and the phone runs fine, pop in an SD Card and it freezes up after about 5 minutes. I have reset the phone completely and I am still having the same issue. I have tried different SD Cards that I have and the issue still happens on each SD Card. I originally was using a 64 GB sd card and I transferred the files to each SD Card, so my question is, is it possible that a file on the SD Card is corrupted and causing this issue or is there something else going on? I have a lot of other things I could try to do to narrow it down I know but I figured I'd throw this up there to see if anyone has had this issue also.
(List of SD Cards I have : http://www.memoryx.com/tf8gbsdc2.html, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000SMVQK8/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 , http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820171487 , http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313271 , http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313310 , http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=20-211-534&ParentOnly=1&IsVirtualParent=1 )
Device: T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S4 Rooted Stock 4.2.2
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bigmo5328 said:
Having an issue with my T-Mobile S4. Starting yesterday after resetting my phone freezes up after I insert an SD Card into it. I leave the SD Card out and the phone runs fine, pop in an SD Card and it freezes up after about 5 minutes. I have reset the phone completely and I am still having the same issue. I have tried different SD Cards that I have and the issue still happens on each SD Card. I originally was using a 64 GB sd card and I transferred the files to each SD Card, so my question is, is it possible that a file on the SD Card is corrupted and causing this issue or is there something else going on? I have a lot of other things I could try to do to narrow it down I know but I figured I'd throw this up there to see if anyone has had this issue also.
(List of SD Cards I have : http://www.memoryx.com/tf8gbsdc2.html, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000SMVQK8/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 , http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820171487 , http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313271 , http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313310 , http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=20-211-534&ParentOnly=1&IsVirtualParent=1 )
Device: T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S4 Rooted Stock 4.2.2
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Have you ever tried to remove the SDCARD and plug it into a card reader or into the computer and copy all files and folders
from the card to an empty folder on your computers desktop.
After that format the 64GB microsd using FAT32 in your Windows computer.
Then put it back into the phone as a blank empty sdcard.
Then check out the phone and see if it has any issues with the sdcard. Chances are excellent that doing that will fix the problem.
If it does you can copy all the files and folders from your computer back to the sdcard in the phone.
Good luck!
I have 2 64gb sandisk 10x microsd with Samsung S4 I9005 with Android 4.3. I formatted with android, also Windows 7 64bit with various types of sizes on laptop. However on laptop or on phone after writing some files and disk scanning, it gives many disk errors. Even after scancheck and correcting it.The errors repeat each time. I wonder if it is software or microsd hardware problems. There is no problem with 32 gb sandisk microsd.
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Have you tried re flashing your rom?
Pp.
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Yes.But it did not solve the problem
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I am stumped! I got a Sandisk 64gb sd card for this. Naturally, it came formatted as exfat. From stock through 3 different CM based ROMs, I can't get this S4 to read the SD card. I even downloaded a partition manager to format it to Fat32. I also wiped it and let the phone format it. Even after that it would read it. I know CM now supports exFat format. I even flashed separately the script from the original thread. In any case my laptop has no problem with the sd card. Any help appreciated.
I have a Patriot 32 gb class 10 that was working fine until s couple of days ago. Then the phone said sd card unexpectedly removed. Pulled battery and card nothing. Did a format still nothing put that card in my Asus transformer tablet. read just fine took the card thatvi had in my tablet without formatting it put it in my s4 and it read it. this is my 4th galaxy device they should have figured this out by now. Any suggestions.
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same happened with my 32gb on my note2 and now in my gs4
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The sudden unmounting and/or sd card not being recognized by the S4 and other devices as mentioned is a known issue that is usually SD card related. Sometimes it's just a matter of reformatting your card to Fat32 if your ROM cannot read exFAT cards.
But if that's not your issue or you already reformatted your card to the appropriate format, the SD card has failed and warranty/replacement is suggested.
Can happen to SanDisk cards in addition to other manufacturers.
You may hear this issue being associated to SanDisk cards if only because they are probably the most counterfeited card out in the market. But the issue can occur to non counterfeit cards also.
To reduce your chances of having theses issues happen, always get your cards from reputable sources, in blister original packaging, etc. And if the price looks too good to be true, it most likely is. Even if you take the above precautions, you can still have issues.
Always back up your data for that 'Just in case moment' in case stuff happens.
Purchasing a card whose Manufacturer and/or Seller has an excellent return/exchange policy is a plus.
Having a spare SD card available can help you troubleshoot what your issue may be regarding a defective card, formatting issue, device issue, etc.
You may want to take a look at this thread, as it may help you out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2041679
I started to reply to you but my laptop crashed. Seems this s4 just doesn't like that 64gb sandisk. I had an 8gb card laying around and that worked like a charm. The sandisk was foramted exfat out of the box. I formated fat32 and didn't work. I wiped it and left it without format. Put in the phone to let it format the card. It did--fat32 and then still wouldn't read it or even mount it.
I sure don't have anything to lose by trying a different program to format that card. It could come in handy even if I don't use it in the phone. A camera comes to mind.
Oh yeah, it was easeUS that I used to format the card in the first place. Try something else.
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I started to reply to you but my laptop crashed. Seems this s4 just doesn't like that 64gb sandisk. I had an 8gb card laying around and that worked like a charm. The sandisk was foramted exfat out of the box. I formated fat32 and didn't work. I wiped it and left it without format. Put in the phone to let it format the card. It did--fat32 and then still wouldn't read it or even mount it.
I sure don't have anything to lose by trying a different program to format that card. It could come in handy even if I don't use it in the phone. A camera comes to mind.
Oh yeah, it was easeUS that I used to format the card in the first place. Try something else.
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Hmmm...
There have been issues with the 64gb SanDisk cards being read by the S4 as well as other devices as described in my previous post, the Ultra cards from what I've read (red & grey) I have the save card, class 10, running without issue on my previous S3 and current S4.
You may want to try the format link above.
You can always purchase another 64GB card on Amazon with a Seller with many, excellent reviews, and go from there, and return what you have to return
Right. That's the very card I have. Thanks for the help.
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Bowmanspeer said:
Right. That's the very card I have. Thanks for the help.
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Anytime.
Let me know how it goes
This happen to me but with my galaxy s3...turned out sd card was corrupted. Good news was Patriot replaced it with a new one....
If the SD card didn't work in other devices I would seek to exchange it. There are other things I can use it in. I just ordered a 32 GB G skill on new egg. That should do it. The other thing I tried on this sandisk is partition it to 2 smaller ones less than 30 GB each formatted to fat32. Finally it recognized one of those partitions. When I get the other card I'll swap them.
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I had the same problem as you OP. I've also downloaded programs to change the format type and stuff, but nothing worked, but I fixed it in a weird way.
My 64gb card didn't work on my samsung. I used many programs to format the card to get it to work, but nothing. What fixed it was....
I took that card and placed it inside my old smartphone (LG G2X). Once placed inside, a pop-up promoted me saying my card was damaged and it will try to fix it. I've tried this on my samsung and it didn't fix it, but once I tried it on this old smartphone, the card for fixed and started to work on my samsung.
I don't know if this could help you, but that's how I fixed my problem.
Format the card to Fat32.
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blackknightavalon said:
Format the card to Fat32.
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I had tried that already when the device initially wouldn't read the sd card. When I partitioned the card in FAT32 then the device picked it up, but only one partition of 29GB.
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I had tried that already when the device initially wouldn't read the sd card. When I partitioned the card in FAT32 then the device picked it up, but only one partition of 29GB.
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I don't know what your problem is, then. My 64GB Sandisk card works perfectly in my Galaxy 4.
I don't know what me problem is either. When I have the time I going to return to stock and start over. TWRP won't backup onto the SD card either. Wondering if its behaving this way because I rooted the phone before putting SD card in. Though I have done complete wipe (including internal memory) prior to installing current ROM.
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Galaxy S4
Bowmanspeer said:
I started to reply to you but my laptop crashed. Seems this s4 just doesn't like that 64gb sandisk. I had an 8gb card laying around and that worked like a charm. The sandisk was foramted exfat out of the box. I formated fat32 and didn't work. I wiped it and left it without format. Put in the phone to let it format the card. It did--fat32 and then still wouldn't read it or even mount it.
I sure don't have anything to lose by trying a different program to format that card. It could come in handy even if I don't use it in the phone. A camera comes to mind.
Oh yeah, it was easeUS that I used to format the card in the first place. Try something else.
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I have a SanDisk 64gb micro SD card in my S4, and had it ever since I got the phone about 1.5 years ago. now I am getting the issues you all are getting. I have NOT updated to a new firmware version. and I just backed up and reformatted the card. Very frustrating when all your apps disappear. come to find out they are all being stored on the SD card witch is now not responding... I will try a differect card. I wish they would just leave the phone a lot and stop doing so many updates.. they update one thing it screws up another. Ever since the first update my "Drive" app don't work, and they have no clue why.. not even Samsung knows...
oh well
Laurap6286
Laurap6286 said:
I have a SanDisk 64gb micro SD card in my S4, and had it ever since I got the phone about 1.5 years ago. now I am getting the issues you all are getting. I have NOT updated to a new firmware version. and I just backed up and reformatted the card. Very frustrating when all your apps disappear. come to find out they are all being stored on the SD card witch is now not responding... I will try a differect card. I wish they would just leave the phone a lot and stop doing so many updates.. they update one thing it screws up another. Ever since the first update my "Drive" app don't work, and they have no clue why.. not even Samsung knows...
oh well
Laurap6286
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Just curious as to how you got an S4, 1.5 years ago? :cyclops:
Odd SD Card Response
I have recently upgraded from a ATT Samsung Express (Tracfone) moving my 32GB SD Card into the brand new Galaxy S4 I Knoxed up right out of the box just as a matter of principle. I saferooted the phone and installed TWRP which for some reason refuses to load after a few succesful tries and a backup of my system and restore thern reload of TWRP. My concern in this question (unless some knight in shining armour can make sense of my TWRP issue) is that I am not able to write to the samsung branded SD card I removed from the old phone. I cannot create a ROM directory on it when the phone is connected to the PC, nor can I copy files to it. I had hoped to preserve the photos on the card and suppose I can break down and buy an adapter so it will connect to my PC but the point is it "should" work,, no? I cannot create a directory when the phone is connected to the PC nor can I in ES file Explorer. I've also tried to create a directory in root witth ES and am getting the same error. I just want to get the silly balloons off m screen and get google play to run. I am succesfully rooted. I've tried to reload TWRP with Odin only to get the small print int he uper right hand of the screen then no further. I am able to restore my backups thank God.
This is making me batty on a three step process. The card is my main concern right now as I can't load the ROM to it once I get TWRP figured out. Thanks in advance for all the great help I always get. The better I get the more I'll contribute....I promise.
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I'm having the same problem. We are not alone, there are numerous threads in the other S4 forums, like this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2281813&page=14