I have a Bell Note 2 and I recently bought the 64GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I card. Since using it, I noticed that (when installed) the Device Status of the phone changes to Modified and I can't check/download Android updates from Samsung. Also, the Samsung Video Hub app won't let me use external storage to save movies (which I could do using my old 32GB PNY card). The card seems to read/write okay though.
I contacted Samsung by email, the reply was laughable (solution was for a different issue on a different phone). I also contacted SanDisk and they suggested reformatting to FAT32 using a utility from www.sdcard.org. I haven't tried this yet but I know that FAT32 will reduce file sizes to 4GB. I don't know if it will have an effect on the read/write speeds of the card.
Just wondering if anyone else using this card was experiencing the same issues. If you haven't checked, maybe you might want to.
I miss the build quality, sleekness, and how quick the battery would charge/how slow it would drain.
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I miss the build quality, sleekness, and how quick the battery would charge/how slow it would drain.
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Sorry, you lost me there....
I've been looking at that same card. I'm definitely interested to see how this resolves for you.
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I just bought one.I formatted to fat32 using a third party formatter from the web called eause formatter.Everything is working good now on mine.
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He posted that twice already in the "What iPhone users miss" thread...
No problems here. It even worked in my ancient Desire Z, TF101, and HTC Raider
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Somehow I had my 64gb sndisk hot corrupt. I had to reformat.
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Well, I tried to do what the SanDisk guy told me but the formatting utility that he mentioned doesn't have the option to change file formats. Started out as exFat, still exFat. Some of you have mentioned using other formatting/partitioning utilities - the folks at www.sdcard.org say the following:
"The SD Formatter was created specifically for memory cards using the SD/SDHC/SDXC standards. It is strongly recommended to use the SD Formatter instead of formatting utilities provided with operating systems that format various types of storage media. Using generic formatting utilities may result in less than optimal performance for your memory cards.
The SD/SDHC/SDXC memory cards have a "Protected Area" on the card for the SD standard's security function. The SD Formatter does not format the "Protected Area". Please use appropriate application software or SD-compatible device that provides SD security function to format the "Protected Area" in the memory card."
So there you go.
I am using the card with the t-Mobile version and it working fine.
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Works without any problems in mine.
The weird thing is that it starts out okay and only shows up after I've reloaded all my apps. Even then, I can still read and write to the card. I just can't get updates because it says that my phone is modified. I can't see how an app would cause it. There are no side-loaded apps. And it doesn't happen with my 32GB card.
Just a quick update for anyone who might be wondering....
After making this thread, I went to my local BestBuy and bought another SanDisk microSDXC that was exactly the same as the one I had. I put the same files on the card and the phone did exactly the same thing. I did discover however that the problem shows up when I reboot the phone with the card installed but doesn't show up (at least not right away) when I unmount/hotswap/remount the card with the phone left on.
Then I took the card to the BellAliant store where I bought the phone and had them try the card in a brand new phone. Same problem on the new phone.
Nothing funky on the card, just my songs (transferred using DoubleTwist AirSync) and my photos (transferred via PC). This card hasn't been reformatted and my phone hasn't been rooted.
So I don't know what's going on, if its only a problem with Galaxy Note 2's that are being sold in this area. I can't believe that no one else is having this issue.
Anyway, I put in a support ticket with Samsung (again), not expecting anything new. The Samsung tech that I spoke with did say that only TWO (I think) 64GB microSDXC cards were tested and approved for the Note 2 and that the SanDisk was one of them. Also, the girl at the BellAliant store said that they were told that the phone only worked with a TOTAL of 64GB (internal + external) but I KNOW she was wrong about that. Just some of the things you hear when trying to troubleshoot something that no one seems to have an answer for....
iMHO you really should format it fat32 and retest.
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Might search for mini partition tool or gparted live cd. I've used the gparted live cd to partition my 64gb sandisk previously for dual booting my og atrix.
-- I'm sure there are better suggestions on tools, but I strongly suggest converting it to fat32 before further testing / actions.
The Note II ONLY supports FAT32
When I got my new 64GB SanDisk card I powered off the phone. Pulled the back cover and replaced my 32Gb with the new 64GB micro SD card right out of the packaging and then replaced the cover and powered it up. Phone recognized it and accepted file transfers to it without issue. No problems to date and I have been using it for 3 weeks without issue.
ExFAT works fine with my note 2 on perseus. Doesn't play well with note2core though
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If the Note II only supports fat32, then someone needs to tell my note because it's working fine with my card on exfat. stock kernel and all.
I too have bell note 2 with 64gb sandisk and everything is fine. I jusy put the card in the phone and formated with phone. Its exfat btw.
I suggest u to format the card with phone so it can format with the appropriate fike system.
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I too have bell note 2 with 64gb sandisk and everything is fine. I jusy put the card in the phone and formated with phone. Its exfat btw.
I suggest u to format the card with phone so it can format with the appropriate fike system.
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See, that's the strange thing. The card DOES "work" - it formats fine and I can transfer files to and from it. The ONLY problem is that, when I put my files on it, the status of my phone changes to "modified". Then, when I go to updates, it won't even try to connect to the servers, just tells me that my phone is modified and that updates are not available. As I mentioned above, I've duplicated the problem with two identical cards and in two different phones (one of which was in-store, brand new).
I realize that I can just take the card out of the phone when I know an Android update is available to download, I just don't always know when updates are available. In either case, doesn't seem like it should act that way. And I didn't want to force-format the card to FAT32 with a 3rd party format utility because that would destroy the "protected partition" on the card and void the warranty (those 64GB cards are expensive).
I understand that I might just have to live with this, it's just odd that no one else is experiencing it. Think I'm going to let this thread die. Folks on XDA tend to not like re-reading the same thing over and over. Thanks to all who replied.
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See, that's the strange thing. The card DOES "work" - it formats fine and I can transfer files to and from it. The ONLY problem is that, when I put my files on it, the status of my phone changes to "modified". Then, when I go to updates, it won't even try to connect to the servers, just tells me that my phone is modified and that updates are not available. As I mentioned above, I've duplicated the problem with two identical cards and in two different phones (one of which was in-store, brand new).
I realize that I can just take the card out of the phone when I know an Android update is available to download, I just don't always know when updates are available. In either case, doesn't seem like it should act that way. And I didn't want to force-format the card to FAT32 with a 3rd party format utility because that would destroy the "protected partition" on the card and void the warranty (those 64GB cards are expensive).
I understand that I might just have to live with this, it's just odd that no one else is experiencing it. Think I'm going to let this thread die. Folks on XDA tend to not like re-reading the same thing over and over. Thanks to all who replied.
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Why do you think formating an sd card with fat32 would void the warranty? Never heard such thing before. You can format any file system you want.
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I've not seen any messages from other users anywhere in this section of XDA. So i was wondering if any of this sounds familiar to anyone of you.
I bought the 64gb SDXC card from Sandisk 2 weeks ago. Formatted it in the phone when prompted after i inserted it. After this i used it for over 2 weeks and had no problems whatsoever..
This morning i woke up and the phone said it had a blank SD card in it and asked me if i wanted to reformat it...
Since i have a lot of pics, video's and other personal files on it. This is really not on my wishlist.
This weekend when i get back home, ill try to recover my files and try to reformat the SDXC card. Which i bought from a proper store so it's really not a fake since i paid over 70 euro's for the thing.
Was just wondering if more people have been experiencing any problems with these cards? Or what might be the problem with it. Furthermore, when i formatted the card in the phone itselve. Dit i formatted it into FAT32? I think it was still Exfat myselve, but this is just a Q a friend asked me.
Oh btw, i did not root the phone, so no SU or other tricks. Just a stock version.
P.s. Sorry, i had my eyes shut when posting. This should be in "Questions section" My apologies to the Mod's
Looks like your card corrupted and might still work if you format but I reckon you should get a replacement.
Hmm that's not really the answer i was hoping for. Since the card is only 2 weeks old. And what sais the new card won't be corrupted either then within 2 weeks. I am not looking forward into spending 70 euros every other 2 weeks for a new SD card and losing my data all the time.
There must be some cause to what made this happen..
Sorry mate but when this happens it's almost 100% certain the card's f ***ed, I mean it's happened to me plenty times and if you keep the card you just sitting on a timebomb of lost data.
Maybe if it's a faulty card i can get a new one since i just bought it 2 weeks ago thrue warranty service.
140 euros for 1 card is too much..
Yeah it is a faulty card so they have to replace it, but tell them this has happened more than once though because it just makes it easier.
It helps if you tell us which ROM & kernel you are using. I had the same issue with 2 of my 64gb when using AOKP with Siyah & his exFAT vold.zip mod. Since I have two 64gb cards, I formatted one with exFAT & FAT32 on the other in linux. I'm currently using AOKP & a FAT32 formatted 64gb card with no issues.
I do have a nandroid of Omega 6.0 so if I need exFAT on my 64gb for large movie files, I can go back to that.
It happened to me 2 times., when I first put my card in it said it was blank and asked if I wanted to format it. I did and the next day it said the same thing. Then I format it in my computer put the card back in the galaxy and said the card was blank. Fat32
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As i said in OP i'm using stock ROM. I did not alter the device in any way.
Got my money back. Can buy another in time. Will do with 32gb now. Kinda worried it 'll happen again. Since Samsung never officially announced the device to be compatible.
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Got my money back. Can buy another in time. Will do with 32gb now. Kinda worried it 'll happen again. Since Samsung never officially announced the device to be compatible.
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Actually, I was pretty sure Samsung did say the S3 supports adding up to 64gb external storage.
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Actually, Samsung did say the S3 supports up to 64gb SDXC external storage.
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Ist more a kernel thing... reading exfat, ntfs, fat32 and so on, so normally compatible in sdxc means the kernel can read exfat. Otherwise you have to format to fat32
Twiz kernels support the exFAT fs but AOSP/AOKP does not and card has to be formatted with a FAT32 fs in order to work in those ROMs... I had this same issue were my card stopped working after a week or so as well. I purchased it from Amazon so I have been able to return it for a full refund but I've been seeing more and more similar issues so am not sure if I should order another 64GB or a 32GB... either way, definitely try and get a refund, good luck!
It's a format issue. SGS3 has a problem with exFAT above 32GB of storage which eventually corrupts data after a certain amount of data has been reached on the sdxc card IIRC, so you have to format it to fat32 if you are planning to use more than that. Problem is windows cannot format 64GB in fat32 format, so you need to find 3rd party programs to do such task.
I believe 32gb exFAT is fine as plug and play however.
I had a SanDisk Mobile Ultra MicroSDHC Class 6 32GB (formatted FAT32) in my Galaxy S3 with no issues for about a month. Then one day I was at work, unlocked my phone and got a "SD card has been unexpectedly removed" notification. After that the microSD card wasn't recognized in the phone, my laptop, nor my desktop PC.
Has anybody else had this issue?
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I had a SanDisk Mobile Ultra MicroSDHC Class 6 32GB (formatted FAT32) in my Galaxy S3 with no issues for about a month. Then one day I was at work, unlocked my phone and got a "SD card has been unexpectedly removed" notification. After that the microSD card wasn't recognized in the phone, my laptop, nor my desktop PC.
Has anybody else had this issue?
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question is, where did u buy the sd card it might of been a fake, their are multiple sdcards which look good and real but overall are fake due to the ability to operate in heat, so it might of overheated and crashed(died) its a big issue with fake sd cards out there, they usually go out or burnt due to not being able to take the heat of the phone. On normal operate the sd card should be able to take 40 to 45C which make it 90-100 Ferenheit, if its a real SD card it should be able to take more then this and reach upto 65+C or around there.
easy ways to spot a fake is if ure saving files on ure phone and it says u got a class 6 or class 10 sdxc card and its operating less then it should, it crashes on u when trying to open a file or it resets itself and tries to scan again for it. in many cases it will get too hot and burnt out, or it just stops operating out of the blue.
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question is, where did u buy the sd card it might of been a fake, their are multiple sdcards which look good and real but overall are fake due to the ability to operate in heat, so it might of overheated and crashed(died) its a big issue with fake sd cards out there, they usually go out or burnt due to not being able to take the heat of the phone. On normal operate the sd card should be able to take 40 to 45C which make it 90-100 Ferenheit, if its a real SD card it should be able to take more then this and reach upto 65+C or around there.
easy ways to spot a fake is if ure saving files on ure phone and it says u got a class 6 or class 10 sdxc card and its operating less then it should, it crashes on u when trying to open a file or it resets itself and tries to scan again for it. in many cases it will get too hot and burnt out, or it just stops operating out of the blue.
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I bought the card from Adorama (a photography focused site) in April. SanDisk is letting me RMA the card (just got that approved last night). I just want to make sure it's not my phone causing the problem. Up until the "unexpectedly removed" error, I never had any issues with it crashing or having to scan for itself again (unlike the class 4 I was trying to test the card slot with right now).
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I bought the card from Adorama (a photography focused site) in April. SanDisk is letting me RMA the card (just got that approved last night). I just want to make sure it's not my phone causing the problem. Up until the "unexpectedly removed" error, I never had any issues with it crashing or having to scan for itself again (unlike the class 4 I was trying to test the card slot with right now).
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If that's the case have u tried varies card readers or card ports to see if it could be the unit itself..... However if it does out that way, I believe scndizk does back this up with a lifetime warranty if ure sd card does stop operating and then should be able to replace it.
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I have a 32gb Samsung class 10 sd card in my S3 - running codenamedroid. receintly, when i connect to my desktop i shows an sd card but it doesnt display whats on the card or whats in my internal for that matter... my sd card is formatted to fat32. when i pull my sd card out and plug it directly into the comp everything shows up fine. how do i get it to show up when i plug my phone to the computer. i have searched for a while but no answers. does anyone know why this is happening ??? thanks
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I have a 32gb Samsung class 10 sd card in my S3 - running codenamedroid. receintly, when i connect to my desktop i shows an sd card but it doesnt display whats on the card or whats in my internal for that matter... my sd card is formatted to fat32. when i pull my sd card out and plug it directly into the comp everything shows up fine. how do i get it to show up when i plug my phone to the computer. i have searched for a while but no answers. does anyone know why this is happening ??? thanks
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Did u do a swap in memory, switched ure ext to internal and internal to external recently?
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Did u do a swap in memory, switched ure ext to internal and internal to external recently?
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no... nothing like that. it worked fine with TW roms, but im curious if its a CM10 issue. everything shows up on my phone (photos, music, etc) but nothing shows up when i plug it into the computer..
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no... nothing like that. it worked fine with TW roms, but im curious if its a CM10 issue. everything shows up on my phone (photos, music, etc) but nothing shows up when i plug it into the computer..
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go tot he android development or pm the dev for the CM10 mod and see if he could answer ure question, havent heard about this happening so he might have th answer.
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I had a SanDisk Mobile Ultra MicroSDHC Class 6 32GB (formatted FAT32) in my Galaxy S3 with no issues for about a month. Then one day I was at work, unlocked my phone and got a "SD card has been unexpectedly removed" notification. After that the microSD card wasn't recognized in the phone, my laptop, nor my desktop PC.
Has anybody else had this issue?
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FWIW, had the same exact problem. Only thing, I was running a STOCK ROOTED device. The SD just died. Tried on my laptop, DOA. Wound up sending back and got another one, so far so good(knock on wood).
I 32 gb patriot card from frys brandnew for 20$.....this badboy started telling me "vard removed unexpected error...even tried reformatting....truly believe its a gs3 thing....but i had no probs with my 8gb card....really pissed about this.....any ??????
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I 32 gb patriot card from frys brandnew for 20$.....this badboy started telling me "vard removed unexpected error...even tried reformatting....truly believe its a gs3 thing....but i had no probs with my 8gb card....really pissed about this.....any ??????
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Even so the gs3 should be able to read ure 32gb flawlessly since it's supportive to sdhc, now it does also supports sdxc which is expected from higher performance sd cards to not be able to read or install correctly on the gs3 unless u format to extfat or fat32. Chances are u might have a bad sd card. By default their storage capacity is 32, after that, that's where u need to take does drastic measures. Try formatting it on ure computer, if it doesn't format then ure gs3 should read it, if it doesn't format u already know.
Had the same issue with my S3.
Turned out that the SD card was dying, this caused it to be unmounted by itself and then mounted again (sometimes showing notification “sd card removed unexpectedly”), hence triggering the media scanning process.
I created an application to monitor how many times the SD card was removed, and turned out to be unmounted every ~3 mins!!!
I then bought a new Transcend 32GB Class 10 card, and until now, this never happens, no reports from the application whatsoever, and no media process eating my battery.
I just published this app in the play store now, this is the link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sdcardmonitor
Like the title says, picked up an SD card, doesn't show up under the Storage menu or when I connect to PC via USB. I've downloaded an app that lets me format the SD and it shows up there, but after formatting I still can't access or even see that the SD card in installed.
It's a GSKILL class 10 64gb SDXC
Hmmmm. Have you tried a different card to see if you get the same results? I'm using a Lexar 633x 64Gb card. No problems to report so far.
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Hmmmm. Have you tried a different card to see if you get the same results? I'm using a Lexar 633x 64Gb card. No problems to report so far.
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Just tried, thus SD card works in my S5 but not my g3, and another SD card same manufacturer doesn't work on g3.
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I wonder if you're formatting it in a way the G3 doesn't like.
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I wonder if you're formatting it in a way the G3 doesn't like.
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Well I'm not formatting like anything. Went straight from the packaging to my phone, then to my S5 and that's it
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maybe you got a broken pin in the micro sd slot
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maybe you got a broken pin in the micro sd slot
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Can't be the case because the SD card shows up in formatting apps from the play store.
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I have a Samsung 32 GB micro SD card. Says 10 HC on it. It worked immediately when I popped it in and I didn't have to format it or anything. Has all my previous files on it.
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I am having the same problem with a dual sim D858 G3.
Have tried Sony, Samsung, Sandisk MicroSDXC cards of various capacities, none work.
Anyone have a solution ?
Hmmm, investigation with a torch and loupe revealed that one of the MicroSDXC reader pins were bent down.
Managed to lift it with a needle and now it works fine.
This was on a new phone, wonder if other people's problems had a similar cause ?
Format the SD Card in storage settings. It should format and be useable
Try couple things:
1. Try (may be borrow from a friend if you don't have one lying around) a different brand name card. Some generic brand cards (especially from eBay) are little flimsy and does not provide proper contacts. It happened to me on both HTC M8 and LG G3. Tried SanDisk card and all went well.
2. Try formatting the card using PC into Fat 32 format (you can always reverse this formatting to ex-fat) and see if this make any difference.
3. This one sounds very basic but under storage, sometime you have to manually click on "mount SD card".
Good luck!
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1- but it in lapttop slot (card reader of laptop ) dont try another way .
2- use SDformatter 4 .
3- ok now put it in your device.
I hope it will work properly
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I have this problem too. April 2017 and LG STILL haven't sorted it out. Impossible for so many owners to have faulty phones. Definitely a SOFTWARE issue ! Terrible customer service. I actually NEED to use an SD card in my work. .Never getting an LG phone again.
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I have this problem too. April 2017 and LG STILL haven't sorted it out. Impossible for so many owners to have faulty phones. Definitely a SOFTWARE issue ! Terrible customer service. I actually NEED to use an SD card in my work. .Never getting an LG phone again.
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Have spoken to a repair shop and what they said is that this is a typical issue with the LG G3, another one (which I also see a lot) is spontaneous reboots, even when the phone is seemingly doing nothing. And these issues get only worse over time. The only way to solve them is to replace the mainboard, which probably isn't worth it. Looked at alibaba.com, they are around 30-40 USD. I have reflashed the stock firmware in my futile attempts to get both issues solved, but it is obviously a hardware issue.
Yeah stopped working too. I've noticed an issue with a pin in the MicroSD card slot. I imagine this is the issue. I'll open it up when I have time.
Take the card out, insert it in a PC and check it for errors. DiskGenius or MiniTool Partition Wizard can help you here. DiskGenius can also check for partition table errors.
Also make sure the card is formatted exFAT, not FAT32 or NTFS and that the cluster size is either 8K or 128K.
If that doesn't work back up your files, format as exFAT with 128K cluster size, then copy the files back. You may have to do this anyway if a partition table error is detected.
Hi i bought this card this week it worked great for first 3 days and now all of a sudden it has deleted all my music files off the card and left only pictures and videos it is also deleting my mod folder where i keep all my flashable zips but this isnt a problem ive backed them up the problem is it keeps doing it even after a factory reset and format of the card its not a fake i got it from amazon and it was fulfilled by amazon also checked with hwtest no matter what i do it deletes the files ? i have the kitkat sd fix as well so not sure whats going on or how i can fix it?
its a brand new card and only tested in g3
on looking at the sd card its renaming my folders like this Mods.4 My Music.0 what gives? now there empty and renamed?
I'm having issues with my Samsung 64gb card as well. It keeps getting corrupted when any file it's saved to it. The phone gives a notification saying SD card inserted. I cannot mount the card anymore, and it is unreadable on my PC as well. Been searching for a solution without finding one. I too bought the card from Amazon. This is really bugging me. I hope I don't have to get a replacement, this phone has worked great. I just got this card for Christmas, and now I'm having issues. I did have a 32gb SanDisk in it before Christmas - never an issue. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
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I have the Samsung pro 64g card. I had zero problems after I reformatted it to ntfs. I had issues when it was on its default formatting (exfat). Try ntfs!
Hope that helps!
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I'll try it out.
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Ok, so I just finished formatting ntfs. Plugged the card into my g3, and the phone now shows a notification that says "SD card is blank or has an unsupported filesystem". The phone now wants to format the card. Did I miss something, or is this correct? I just formatted ntfs -which took forever- and now I need to format again? I must have screwed up...IDK. I'll wait for some more guidance.
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I'll try it out.
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Ok, so I just finished formatting ntfs. Plugged the card into my g3, and the phone now shows a notification that says "SD card is blank or has an unsupported filesystem". The phone now wants to format the card. Did I miss something, or is this correct? I just formatted ntfs -which took forever- and now I need to format again? I must have screwed up...IDK. I'll wait for some more guidance.
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Found some advice here stating to just let the phone format it. Same thing happens, man. Phone finds and reads the card after formatting. Everything looks great. My phone then starts to sync Google music and at some point the card becomes unreadable after writing to the card. This is driving me crazy.
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got 64gb Samsung evo card today for lg g3. copied 12 gigs of data to the card already and no issues. I let the phone format the card.
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Found some advice here stating to just let the phone format it. Same thing happens, man. Phone finds and reads the card after formatting. Everything looks great. My phone then starts to sync Google music and at some point the card becomes unreadable after writing to the card. This is driving me crazy.
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Never mind. Found out from Samsung that I received a fake card. Replaced with genuine, and no problems at all.
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I bought 64GB EVO of ebay last week to replace my 64Gb sand disk that die. My file keep getting corrupted on the EVO now I know why Fake 64Gb evo, my card is made in Taiwan and the serial number end with CN.
For the longest time, I have been unable to use my 128GB Sandisk MicroSD card properly with my GN4. I have tried SD card fixes, foldermount, and messed with the platform.xml file as well. What I used to do back in the days of ICS/Pre KitKat 4.4.4 was take the SD card and plug it into my computer (via SD card adapter) and transfer the files I needed directly since it takes a while longer if I connected the phone to the computer. I can still transfer files to the microSD card if I plug it in, but they are not able to be read. This is starting to piss me off as I have a lot of music that I would like to store on the card. Anyone have anything else they can suggest?
I used foldermount last week - Some of the music files work properly, while some don't play and I get the message "unable to play this file."
I bought this card brand new and I'm hoping it's not "a bad card"
frazy said:
For the longest time, I have been unable to use my 128GB Sandisk MicroSD card properly with my GN4. I have tried SD card fixes, foldermount, and messed with the platform.xml file as well. What I used to do back in the days of ICS/Pre KitKat 4.4.4 was take the SD card and plug it into my computer (via SD card adapter) and transfer the files I needed directly since it takes a while longer if I connected the phone to the computer. I can still transfer files to the microSD card if I plug it in, but they are not able to be read. This is starting to piss me off as I have a lot of music that I would like to store on the card. Anyone have anything else they can suggest?
I used foldermount last week - Some of the music files work properly, while some don't play and I get the message "unable to play this file."
I bought this card brand new and I'm hoping it's not "a bad card"
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I also use a 128gb Sandisk Card, the "ultra" I believe. I never had a problem with it, I just came from the Note 3 and put it in the Note 4 with no issues. Is yours the "Ultra" also?
Maybe a bad card. I got 3 fake ones on eBay before I got a real one. I flipped out on the sellers and reported them. Each time I got a bad one I spent hrs copying data over to the 128. I would copy over around 20 gb, and another 20 and so on. When I went to look at the files that I had first put on there they would be gone. There are programs u can download for free. Just Google how to tell if sd card is fake. A fake card is really a 2/4/8/16/32 card changed to look and act like a 128 and once it hits it's limit that u don't know what that is, the earlier data that was put on the card, disappears.
Here is a link for a program I used:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=730285
This happened to me back in Oct/Nov when note 4 was launched. I ended up paying $120 on eBay for SanDisk's highest r/w 128 gb card.
The first seller claimed he didn't know they were fake and promised to stop selling them if I retracted my bad feedback as it was the only bad feedback he had ever received. Once I saw they were removed from his selling list I retracted the feedback. The second and third sellers I was not nice to, did not even have to send them back the pos card. My response was something like refund my ****ing money now for selling me this fake ****ing sd card. Ten minutes later both had gave me my money back. Assholes. After I got a good one I had contacted the first seller again and explained how much trouble I had and the scam artists there are on eBay. I feel that he was genuinely sorry and had no idea. He also stopped doing business with who he was getting the fake cards.
This good card has been great, note 4 32 gb internal, 128 external, both full, zero problems.
Plug it into your computer and check if it's formatted correctly (fat32 vs NTFS). That might solve the problem. Don't quote me, but I think it needs fat32.
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pdaddy said:
Plug it into your computer and check if it's formatted correctly (fat32 vs NTFS). That might solve the problem. Don't quote me, but I think it needs fat32.
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Yes it does need to be fat 32.
Also if is fake, u might format it, move data, insert in phone, and it says it's not readable and needs to be formatted.
Yes mine is the ultra version as well (in red letters on the micro sd card)
ryanalan82 said:
Yes it does need to be fat 32.
Also if is fake, u might format it, move data, insert in phone, and it says it's not readable and needs to be formatted.
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the two options are exFAT and NTFS. I formatted on exFAT and it seemed to be working just fine until today.
So I use my sd card as direct storage for when pictures are taken. I was at dinner today and took pictures of the food we ate. All of a sudden when I go to the Gallery, I see a black and grey image with an exclamation point for the pictures taken at dinner with the exception of one. I am wondering whether Samsung/Google is releasing updates that put the phone back into the main issue of not being able to R/W to the external sd card? I don't know what else could be the reason. I also tested the card to make sure it wasn't fake. SO DAMN FRUSTRATING!
Shouldn't have to format it. Already exfat when it comes. If it's real, contact sandisk with pictures of the card and it's serial number and a copy of the receipt. They will replace it.