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So I just got my tmobile note 2 as a small upgrade from my s3 just over 2 weeks ago and I've been having this issue ever since I took it out of the box brand new.. But I'll go to wake the phone from sleep and I'll get a "SD card removed unexpectedly" error immediately followed by "SD card blank" although I have 14GB of just music and pictures stored on there. I think I've tried everything now to fix it and I just haven't gotten any solution as of yet.
All of this was happening on a 32 GB class 10 sandisk extreme card that came from my s3 working perfectly and formatted then reloaded with backup data when it was moved to my note. After the first day I thought the card had died after I couldn't get it to work at all anymore so I went out and bought another brand new class 10 card except this time 64gb and I'm getting the same issues so I know its not the card. Ive tried restarting the phone which works from time to time. then I'll be playing music and it'll freeze on my and remove as soon as I unlock the screen. I even went from stock ROM with numerous kernels.. To numerous other ROMs on numerous kernels and no changes there.. I've also tried a completely formatted SD card and I still get the issue upon unlock after thinking it may just be corrupted files..
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Im in a similar situation I got to w0rk after formating to fat32 but now im missing 4gb of storeage from my 64gb sdxc
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VivaLaCam92 said:
So I just got my tmobile note 2 as a small upgrade from my s3 just over 2 weeks ago and I've been having this issue ever since I took it out of the box brand new.. But I'll go to wake the phone from sleep and I'll get a "SD card removed unexpectedly" error immediately followed by "SD card blank" although I have 14GB of just music and pictures stored on there. I think I've tried everything now to fix it and I just haven't gotten any solution as of yet.
All of this was happening on a 32 GB class 10 sandisk extreme card that came from my s3 working perfectly and formatted then reloaded with backup data when it was moved to my note. After the first day I thought the card had died after I couldn't get it to work at all anymore so I went out and bought another brand new class 10 card except this time 64gb and I'm getting the same issues so I know its not the card. Ive tried restarting the phone which works from time to time. then I'll be playing music and it'll freeze on my and remove as soon as I unlock the screen. I even went from stock ROM with numerous kernels.. To numerous other ROMs on numerous kernels and no changes there.. I've also tried a completely formatted SD card and I still get the issue upon unlock after thinking it may just be corrupted files..
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That's probably because it's been beaten to death already. If you would have used the search, you would have found this thread ... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2031009&highlight=sd+card+removed+unexpectedly
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That's probably because it's been beaten to death already. If you would have used the search, you would have found this thread ... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2031009&highlight=sd+card+removed+unexpectedly
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I actually did use search.. But results are limited when you do it using tapatalk since there wasn't a computer around me at the time.. But thanks for the smart*ss reply budd
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In short, the issue is the card.
Sandisk sucks, that's about the gist of it.
Morning,
Purchased a second Lexmark 16gb SD card for my Note approx 2 weeks. Randomly picked my phone up yesterday and noticed there was some kind of warning on my status bar, went to check it out and it related to some kind of memory card issue or failure. I don't recall exactly what it said, but I do know it pointed to an issue with the card.
Now the reason for my post, I'm not sure what the odds are on two SD card failures in a three week time frame, but that's what I've just encountered and was interested in finding out if it's a more widespread issue, or just plain bad luck on my part
I had one 16gb card for my Note 2 with zero issues, now I've gone through two on my Note three in just over 3 months. Yes the card is fried as my desktop doesn't even see it when I plug it in via USB adapter.. Just in case you're wondering if I checked it elsewhere..
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Try formatting it via your phone. This should always be the first step b4 using it on anything. Could just be a faulty usb adapter too try another card reader and or different pc/adapter.
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after my S3 having problems with micro sd cards, i have stopped using memory cards entirely for any samsung products. They tend to fry the sd card every few months.
I've had a 64 Gig SanDisk since I bought my S3 zero problems. It's made it thru my s3 note 2 and now the n3 So I guess it's just hit or miss. Sorry Steve that sux dude
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I had the same problem you've described with a 32GB SanDisk card, my phone kept saying the card was unexpectedly removed, then it would re-mount the card. The most annoying side effect of this issue was it caused a lag with turning the screen on, it would literally take 3-4 seconds for the screen to come on after you pushed the button. Replacing the card solved this immediately. We'll see how long the 2nd card lasts.
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I had the same problem you've described with a 32GB SanDisk card, my phone kept saying the card was unexpectedly removed, then it would re-mount the card. The most annoying side effect of this issue was it caused a lag with turning the screen on, it would literally take 3-4 seconds for the screen to come on after you pushed the button. Replacing the card solved this immediately. We'll see how long the 2nd card lasts.
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Yeah, that pretty much describes exactly what was going on. After I seen the original sd card warning my phone got really laggy and wouldn't even boot into recovery. Remove it and everything is fine..
Every now and then I like to completely format, which is why I like having the Ext SD card, but not if I keep having to toss 30-40 bones down the tube every couple of months..Kinda lame, should have kept the damn receipt.. lol
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deeznutz1977 said:
I've had a 64 Gig SanDisk since I bought my S3 zero problems. It's made it thru my s3 note 2 and now the n3 So I guess it's just hit or miss. Sorry Steve that sux dude
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Lucky bashterd....
The one I pick up today is going to be my lucky one, I can feel it... The memories we'll share together..
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Just had this happen to me today on a Verizon Note 3.
SD card completely dead. I wasn't even using it...AT ALL! Will not recognize on my laptop using the SD card slot.
Battery was heating up & draining too. Crazy! Over a 3 minute period I watched the battery percentage drop 4%-5%
Oh well. Why do these devices "eat" SD cards?
I encountered the same problem a year ago with my Note 2. Fortunately it wasn't the card. I was using a custom kernel that didn't recognize the FAT 32 I had the card formated to. SInce going back the stock kernel, I've had zero problems with the SD on my N2 or N3. Anyone using a custom kernel?
deeznutz1977 said:
I've had a 64 Gig SanDisk since I bought my S3 zero problems. It's made it thru my s3 note 2 and now the n3 So I guess it's just hit or miss. Sorry Steve that sux dude
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Same here. Mine went thru Samsung tablets as well. S3, S4, N2, N3, Galaxy Tab 3 8.0
Lol 4th one. SanDisk sucks. But lifetime warranty. They keep replacing.
TWEAKED N3
Lexmark isn't the greatest brand of SD cards. I generally only use sandisk or Lexar and I've never had a problem.
Anyone else getting this error? I have a 64M SanDisk that was working just fine in my note 2. I put it in my notes and I continually get this error. I unmounted, removed and power cycled my phone but it comes back any time I try to access the card. Any ideas?
I would backup the contents of it onto your computer and reformat the card. Then try it.
I've been getting this error when my phone wakes after being idle for a long time. I've tried reformatting the card but I'm skeptical that will fix the problem. According to many online threads, this issue has been widespread across a number of devices, and my card (Sandisk 64GB Ultra CL10) works fine in other devices. Will report back.
This is a common problem with the Samsungs...There is a proper process, as follows.
First, go ahead and do a fresh format of the card and get the contents onto the card.
Second, turn the phone completely off AND REMOVE THE BATTERY.
Put the card into the card slot, replace the battery and power the phone back on.
This has been my process since the sII, and haven't had any issues, save a few completely corrupted cards which were unsalvageable. There is an issue where the card receives current from the battery, and in some cases can corrupt the card and in even fewer (but still entirely plausible cases) completely fry the SD.
I'm not sure why Samsung hasn't caught the issue, or even acknowledged it, but this process avoids it entirely.
Hope this helps
Thanks, I tried that but it made no difference.
The uSD card continues to work fine in my other devices, and diagnostic tests reveal no problems with it, so I'm confident the card itself is ok.
I'm trying another card now (this one 32GB), but I'm guessing the problem will occur with that one too.
Gary02468 said:
Thanks, I tried that but it made no difference.
The uSD card continues to work fine in my other devices, and diagnostic tests reveal no problems with it, so I'm confident the card itself is ok.
I'm trying another card now (this one 32GB), but I'm guessing the problem will occur with that one too.
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Sounds a lot like what happened to my last card in my Note 2. I was able to get a replacement under warranty and haven't had a problem with it happening since.
Well, my guess was wrong. The 32GB card I switched to is actually working fine--no recurrences of the unexpected-removal error.
So I guess there's a problem with the 64GB card, even though it was fine until I switched it from the Note 3 to the Note 4 (and I handled the card carefully).
Good thing, though. It's easier to RMA the uSD card than to exchange the Note 4.
was it an SanDisk card? I have problem using my 64gb SanDisk in my s4 and note3. I changed over to a samsung brand and now I dont have any problems.
rfs830 said:
was it an SanDisk card? I have problem using my 64gb SanDisk in my s4 and note3. I changed over to a samsung brand and now I dont have any problems.
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Yup, SanDisk Ultra 64GB. I had no problems with it in my Note 3, though.
I have a scan disk 64GB card that I took out of my Note 2 (rooted) and put in my Note 4. I started getting random unmounted errors.
Finally last night I pulled out the SD card and threw it in my computer. Sure enough it came up and said I had some corrupted files. I fixed the files. Dumped the SD card to my HD and then formatted the card in my phone. Then I put my music, pics, videos, and a couple of files for apps aback on the disk. So far no more SD card issues.
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Borgador said:
I have a scan disk 64GB card that I took out of my Note 2 (rooted) and put in my Note 4. I started getting random unmounted errors.
Finally last night I pulled out the SD card and threw it in my computer. Sure enough it came up and said I had some corrupted files. I fixed the files. Dumped the SD card to my HD and then formatted the card in my phone. Then I put my music, pics, videos, and a couple of files for apps aback on the disk. So far no more SD card issues.
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Glad that worked for you! My PC, though, reported no errors when I scanned the card, both before and after reformatting.
Just got another SD card removed error...grrr
Back to square 1
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I'd be careful not to loose any valuable pictures.. my 128gb SD got corrupted after 2 months in note 3.. never had any issue with 64 gm tho.. got the 128 replaced and ok on note4
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I picked up a new 64GB card, made by Samsung this time, I put it in last night and formatted it.
I had to reinstall a few apps after that.
I am going to give it a few days and see how it works out.
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chadiz said:
I'd be careful not to [lose] any valuable pictures[.] [M]y 128gb SD got corrupted after 2 months in note 3[.] [N]ever had any issue with 64 g tho[.] [G]ot the 128 replaced and ok on note4[.]
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Flickr gives you a free terabyte of storage that you can auto-sync your phone's photos to. That way you don't have to buy a large SD card, and you don't have to worry as much about losing photos due to disk corruption.
Yeah, I tried formatting my SanDisk several times and kept getting the same issue any time the phone tried to access data or write to it. I put in an old 32M cheapo brand and have had no issue at all
3 days and no errors. Maybe the Note 4 doesn't like SanDisk brand SD cards?
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Borgador said:
3 days and no errors. Maybe the Note 4 doesn't like SanDisk brand SD cards?
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I have a SanDisk from my S5 in my Note 4 and it has been flawless.
Gary02468 said:
Well, my guess was wrong. The 32GB card I switched to is actually working fine--no recurrences of the unexpected-removal error.
So I guess there's a problem with the 64GB card, even though it was fine until I switched it from the Note 3 to the Note 4 (and I handled the card carefully).
Good thing, though. It's easier to RMA the uSD card than to exchange the Note 4.
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I'm happy to report that the RMA replacement for my Sandisk Ultra 64GB uSD card arrived today (the replacement is a Pixtor rather than an Ultra), and so far it's working flawlessly.
I have been dealing with this error with my Sandisk 64gig also. Didn't have a problem with it on my Note3. I have reformatted to numerous formats. Anyone know of a specific one that works. Always have had trouble out of Sandisks on Samsung galaxy products. Some I don't , but I have had this problem on at least 5 different devices. I have always read that the thing to do is go with Samsung brand SDs. The new 64gig Samsung is apparently faster than any other micro SD. However, since I have paid for this one, I'd like to use it.
Anyone else getting this message? I put in my 64gb SanDisk Ultra and have been getting it intermittently since day 1. Almost always when I open camera or gallery. I reseated the card, took everything off, formatted and everything to no avail.
samsung and SanDisk 64 gig cards are an awful mix. my s4 killed my 64 gig card and I got it replaced. new one worked fine... didn't use it for a while bc i had the g2, but i used it in my digital camera and it was perfect. then I got the galaxy tab s in July and put it in there... by October, the card is dying again. keeps randomly unmounting and stuff. it's a Samsung and SanDisk issue. I have a 32 gig SanDisk class 6 that works fine and never corrupts but the 64 gig class 10 always corrupts. people have this issue often. I'm actually gonna buy a Samsung 64 gig card as many people did that and they say it doesn't corrupt like the SanDisk does.
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Thanks for the info. Just strange because I've used this same card since the note 2. Only this phone has given me issues.
Makron said:
Thanks for the info. Just strange because I've used this same card since the note 2. Only this phone has given me issues.
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Have you try to format the card using the note 4?
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Thanks for the info. Just strange because I've used this same card since the note 2. Only this phone has given me issues.
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Me too. I had my Scandisk 64 gig card in my note 2 for 2 years no issue. As soon as I got my note 4, I have been having this problem randomly. Seems to be happening less as time goes by.
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Redapple63 said:
Me too. I had my Scandisk 64 gig card in my note 2 for 2 years no issue. As soon as I got my note 4, I have been having this problem randomly. Seems to be happening less as time goes by.
Bill
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I used to get that with my note 2. Supposedly it's a loose cable connector. If I placed my phone on the table, the force of the placement would cause my phone to say that. I really hope my new phone won't develop this over time. Maybe you can try to test it by slapping it into your hand (that used to trigger it in my n2) btw it's not specific to the card manufacturer because I had the SanDisk 64 class ten and now have the Samsung 64 class ten and they both did it in my old phone. You should try to see if you can get a replacement if you can replicate it in the store.
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Makron said:
Anyone else getting this message? I put in my 64gb SanDisk Ultra and have been getting it intermittently since day 1. Almost always when I open camera or gallery. I reseated the card, took everything off, formatted and everything to no avail.
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The same thing has been happening to me. I have had a 64GB SanDisk Ultra card since the Note 2 and it hasn't caused any problems. Now with the Note 4 is is doing this all the time. I have formatted it with the Note 4, reseated it, and it still is happening. I hope they can fix it and soon.
k1ng617 said:
I used to get that with my note 2. Supposedly it's a loose cable connector. If I placed my phone on the table, the force of the placement would cause my phone to say that. I really hope my new phone won't develop this over time. Maybe you can try to test it by slapping it into your hand (that used to trigger it in my n2) btw it's not specific to the card manufacturer because I had the SanDisk 64 class ten and now have the Samsung 64 class ten and they both did it in my old phone. You should try to see if you can get a replacement if you can replicate it in the store.
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Also, btw it was not specific to a firmware/software/kernel because my N2 had many many versions of touchwiz, android, and cm on it and they all did it.
I used this card on my note 2 and note 3. It still works fine in my note 3. I took everything off and formatted it on the note 4 itself. I then left it blank and didn't get the issue. However as soon as I take a picture, try to send one via mms, or play music(I downloaded a song to sdcard), I get the error. It almost seems as if everytime it tries to access anything on SD card it happens. I'm going to take it in and see what they have to say about it. I'm sure they will tell me it's my sdcard. Even of they replace is what are the chances it will do the same thing? My cousin has AT&T model and his does the same thing.
Which model/speed rated 64gb ScanDisk are you all using? There's different kinds
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Which model/speed rated 64gb ScanDisk are you all using? There's different kinds
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Ultra Class 10
I'm getting this same issue with a 64GB SanDisk Ultra Class 10 MicroSDXC card. I was about to RMA the card when I found this thread. I hope a solution is found soon, this drives me crazy when trying to take photos.
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Anyone else getting this message? I put in my 64gb SanDisk Ultra and have been getting it intermittently since day 1. Almost always when I open camera or gallery. I reseated the card, took everything off, formatted and everything to no avail.
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Yes! I have a 32GB Sandisk Ultra that seems to get lost on a daily basis...
Also, not sure if this is the case, but I seem to remember this was an Android 4.4.4 issue?? Or was it KitKat??
Same issue here. I yanked the SanDisc 64GB Ultra from my Note 3 when I sold it. I put it in my brand new Note 4, and it would get that error constantly. I removed it, formatted it, put it back in, formatted it again via my phone, and then transferred over some videos. I could play them a bit but it would quickly lose the memory card and stop playing. I yanked the 32gb from my GoPro ,formatted that, and it's been flawless ever since.
I wish I had an answer too. I got this phone partially because I like having a lot of storage space available.
I had the exact same issue with a SanDisk 64gb card. Thankfully I had purchased a Sony micro SD card not too long ago. Put it in and haven't had any more problems. Very strange that it seems to only be SanDisk cards having an issue.
My Scandisk 64 gig was solid in my note 2 for 2 years. In my note 4 it does it like every minute or so.
Put it back in my n2, rock solid. It is not the card. Now here is the weird thing, I took off the back cover and rock solid. If you look at the inside of the cover the is a little bump I think to help secure the card. I think that is the issue.
Try to perform some stuff on the card with the cover off. Let's see if it really is this simple. Report back with your findings. I am interested to know.
Bill
Redapple63 said:
My Scandisk 64 gig was solid in my note 2 for 2 years. In my note 4 it does it like every minute or so.
Put it back in my n2, rock solid. It is not the card. Now here is the weird thing, I took off the back cover and rock solid. If you look at the inside of the cover the is a little bump I think to help secure the card. I think that is the issue.
Try to perform some stuff on the card with the cover off. Let's see if it really is this simple. Report back with your findings. I am interested to know.
Bill
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When I was first having issues with the card, I got sick of removing the back, and left it off. I still had problems.
I have had zero issues with my card. Again. It is not a SanDisk error.. it is model specific. When getting the note 4 I went with an SD card that is 4k data compatible. Yes.. ordinary memory cards will not like 4k data. Is that why yall are getting errors? I'm not sure but it might have something to do with it. That a data transfer rate must be able to handle the pics and videos we create with this high end device.
I have this one...but in the 64gb varient.
http://www.sandisk.com/products/memory-cards/microsd/extreme-uhs-i-action-cameras/?capacity=32GB
And I bought it from here..
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...sdsdqxn_064g_g46a_extreme_microsdhc_64gb.html
Again, absolutely zero issues since I've loaded the card into the phone.
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I have had zero issues with my card. Again. It is not a SanDisk error.. it is model specific. When getting the note 4 I went with an SD card that is 4k data compatible. Yes.. ordinary memory cards will not like 4k data. Is that why yall are getting errors? I'm not sure but it might have something to do with it. That a data transfer rate must be able to handle the pics and videos we create with this high end device.
I have this one...but in the 64gb varient.
http://www.sandisk.com/products/memory-cards/microsd/extreme-uhs-i-action-cameras/?capacity=32GB
And I bought it from here..
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...sdsdqxn_064g_g46a_extreme_microsdhc_64gb.html
Again, absolutely zero issues since I've loaded the card into the phone.
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Thanks! Was hoping this was not the case, but I broke down and purchased a PNY Class 10 4k micro sd. Works great, no issues.
Thanks,
Bill
also having this issue, funny i always have this issue on samsungs, S3, S4, S5 and now this. On my G3 no issue at all with my 64GB SanDisk Ultra Class 10 MicroSDXC card.
I'm afraid that my Hydrogen is killing SIM cards of the german provider "Netzclub" (O2). Two cards died already after about two months of use. It started with frequent loss of signal, then permanantly no signal and in the end the SIM was not even detected anymore.
On the phone I am running latest Lineage OS.
It sounds pretty much like the problems with Oneplus devices and Fairphone2 killing SIM cards due to a bug with processing the MEC-request (mobile equioment change) that leads to a loop of continous read/write actions to the card.
Anybody having similar issues?
i have the same problem with my kenzo/lineage bzw.
kenzo/mokee.
my sim card is from t-mobile.
i think it's a problem with lineage.
mfg alex
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Get me radio log when phone talks to one of those affected sim cards and I'll see what can be done to fix it.... If it is a firmware problem then it's up to Xiaomi. And probably is b/c affected devices runs all kinds of different android flavors. It is not Lineage problem, might be AOSP problem but I doubt it...
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Get me radio log when phone talks to one of those affected sim cards and I'll see what can be done to fix it.... If it is a firmware problem then it's up to Xiaomi. And probably is b/c affected devices runs all kinds of different android flavors. It is not Lineage problem, might be AOSP problem but I doubt it...
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Check your PM
I have had my max for a couple of months with no issues running both sim slots is this just affecting rooted users?
No issues with mine, been using this phone for more than six months and the SIM card is fine. It's a micro-SIM, not a nano unit.
On the other hand, my Sandisk 128 GB card failed completely after a few days of slow writes. I don't know if it's a bad batch or if the phone got too hot, too often - I've seen battery temps around 45 C and CPU temps near 60 C when charging at 2400 mA on a QC2 charger.
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my Sandisk 128 GB card failed completely after a few days of slow writes
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I also had a 128GB Sandisk fail in less than a year, I'm pretty sure the 128's were just a bad card. I'm on a 200GB Sandisk currently without issue. Think I'll stick to Samsung memory in future!
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I also had a 128GB Sandisk fail in less than a year, I'm pretty sure the 128's were just a bad card. I'm on a 200GB Sandisk currently without issue. Think I'll stick to Samsung memory in future!
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Agreed, probably a bad batch. I had it fail while traveling, luckily I could still read the card and most of my files were fine. Thank goodness for cloud backups...
I got a 64 GB Samsung Evo Plus card as a replacement , apparently they got good reviews for being fast and cheap. I also have a portable hard disk that works with the phone when connected to a powered USB hub. You can't trust cheap flash drives to be reliable.
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I got a 64 GB Samsung Evo Plus card as a replacement , apparently they got good reviews for being fast and cheap. I also have a portable hard disk that works with the phone when connected to a powered USB hub. You can't trust cheap flash drives to be reliable.
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... and they don't have the adopted storage problem getting corrupted many people cry about...