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MicroSD Card storage problems

I have installed Maverick on my Desire and I’m having problems copying files over to the SD card. I have made a map of my local area and there are over 200,000 files. When I copy the files from my hard disk to the 8gb microsd card I purchased the files inflate to a ridiculous size. I have listed the size the files take up on both the hard disk and microsd card. I know fat 32 and ntfs handle files differently, but surely the file size shouldn’t inflate that much.
Hard disk (NTFS)
Size 357 MB (374,469,968 bytes)
Size on disk 1.12 GB (1,213,493,248 bytes)
272,945 files 1,088 folders
8gb Microsd (FAT 32)
Size 308 MB (323,536,998 bytes)
Size on disk 6.94 GB (7,454,392,320 bytes)`
227,490 files 972 folders
I ran out of room on the microsd card by the way.
Any help would be appreciated.
Daryl

Help!, I can't partition my empty Micro SDHC card!

Hi forum!
I've tried the Galaxy S lag fix and it worked perfect, but when i wanted to try out the fix with the ext4 file system i suddenly can't create partitions on my SD card anymore.
I'm using Paragon Partition Magic 11, and i can see and delete the partition on my the SD card, the data is now shown as 16gb unallocated, but when i try to create new partitions i get a strange error:
The disk already contains four primary partitions. Basic hard disks can contain only four primary partitions, including extended ones.
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But i deleted all the partitions in Paragon?!
Windows Disk Manager can't delete or format the partition.
I'm using a Kingston 16gb class 10 Micro SDHC card, but i have also tried with an older Nokia 1gb Micro SDHC card with the same error.
Hope somebody can help...

I've made a discovery of my own...
It seems that even though Paragon deletes the partition on my SD card, it's not really gone.
After deleting the partition "successfully", i take the card out and put it in again... Paragon still sees a 16gb Fat32 Partition.
Windows Disk Management can also see a 16gb Partition, but it can't delete it.
Any suggestions?

I can't even format the SD Card

[Q] [Solved] Switching from a 8Gb µSD card to a new 32Gb µSD

Hello all
I ordered a new µSD card on Amazon (28,63€) for my Desire HD, a Transcend Class 10 32 Gb (TS32GUSDHC10), and will receive it tomorrow.
I have freshly reinstalled the CoreDroid 9.4 rom + Link2SD and a lot of apps, my actual µSD card is the 8Gb Samsung provided with the DesireHD.
My Samsung 8Gb µSD card is partitionned like that:
|--FAT32~6,4Gb--|--EXT3(or 4?!)~1Gb--|--Swap-~128Mb--|
What is the correct method to switch to the new µSD card without loosing anything ?
Thanks!

I think two ways are possible. The first - you get your card, put it into a cardreader, make partitions as they were, for example 1GB ext4, swap 128mb and the rest is FAT32. And just copy your stuff from one card to another. (The only problem here is that you need linux to access your ext4 partition). Also you can try to use something like Acronis Disk Director Suite. It can copy partitions (in your case i think it's better to make a backup of partitions and just restore them to 32GB card) and after restoring just change the size to something bigger. Also Titanium Backup can be a way out. Though i don't know how it works with Link2SD. Just don't delete anything from 8GB and if one way doesn't work, you'll be able to try another.

I did this recently, I however put the new card and start with a fresh rom install.
As Slavon-93, you can partition your card first and then copy files from one card to another. To read your ext3/ext4 partition, you can use ext2fsd, ext2read or Linux Reader. I personaly used ext2fsd for a long time without any issue, for both reading/writing.
Make a backup before, image of your partition or whatever and test
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hello
i used this way to change between a 16 gb sdcard to 32 gb sdcard, using android revolution hd 7.3 without lost apps or data
0. create a nand backup with clockworkmod recovery or 4ext recovery
1. burn a live cd or use a usb to run ubuntu(the latest version)
2.COPY your data from your fat32 and ext3(4) to the desktop pc (also works on laptop ) in separate folders do not mix fat32 and ext3 data.
3.insert your 32 gb sdcard to the pc and open the program GPARTED
4.format your 32gb in this way (obviously chage the amount of your first partition to 28-30 gb may vary depending on the real size of the 32gb sdcard create your second and third partition like the 8 gb sdcard)
(in gparted program you can look if your second partition is ext3 or ext4 use the correct, the same in 8gb sdcard )
|--FAT32~xx,xGb--|--EXT3(4)~1Gb--|--Swap-~128Mb--|
5.after you format your 32 gb sdcard you NEED TO COPY your data from your pc to your 32 gb sdcard copy the
6.you can easily copy your fat32 data to your sd card but when yo want copy ext3 data you need make the following steps(linux write protects the ext3(4) partitions )
-open the TERMINAL program on ubuntu
-write in terminal:sudo nautilus
-when open a window like file explorer search for mounted ext3 partition on sdcard an do left click
-open properties then permissions and grant root acces and write rights for all the users (otherwise the ext3 partition will only be in read mode)
7.after you copy all the data to your sd card(the fat32 data to your fat32 partition an your ext3 data to your ext3 partition thi will be ready for insert in your android phone
remember NO ERASE your data for your 8gb sdcard until you are safe that this method worked, you can look in link2sd the information of your sd cards partitions and open apks that you are safe that are linked on sdcard
good luck
sorry for my english

Thanks for all advices!
As expected, I received the 32Gb µSD card today
My DHD is now fully working with the new µSD card! That was easy.
I proceeded like that:
On the DHD: Full backup the old 8Gb µSD card! (I used ROM Manager and CWM Recovery)
With an external card reader and PC with Ubuntu: copy both the fat32 and the ext3/4 partition from the old 8Gb µSD card into separate folders of course (for example /home/documents/sddata and /home/documents/sdext)
On the PC: launch gparted as root and create 1 fat32 partition ~29,6Gb + 1 ext4 partition ~1Gb on the new 32Gb µSD card
On the PC: copy the files from the PC to the new µSD into their respective partitions
Boot the DHD and launch Link2SD to check if everything is fine
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Salut voisin !

HTC M10 with samsung 128GB SD card stopped working

I have Samsung's 128GB SD card installed and during installation my HTC asked me if I want to merge the storages to be one storage and I've answered "Yes" so i have a combined internal 32GB and the external 128GB disks.
Yesterday suddenly after exiting the airport (not sure if it has anything todo with it like x-ray or so) the card stopped responding and everything on it including apps are inaccessible, as suggested I've rebooted it and everything was accessible again.
later on during the day the same thing happened and rebooting did not resolve the issue, so I tried to connect the phone to my ubuntu and windows OSes neither was able to detect it, took the SD Card and inserted it into a microSD adapter into my laptop directly windows did not feel it at all where ubuntu detects it correctly (dmesg output):
Code:
[ 1973.117762] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access SanDisk Ultra Fit 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
[ 1973.118265] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
[ 1973.118869] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] 242614272 512-byte logical blocks: (124 GB/116 GiB)
[ 1973.120737] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[ 1973.120750] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
[ 1973.121871] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 1973.137651] sdc: sdc1
[ 1973.141087] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
fdisk -l output:
Code:
Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 119.8 GiB, 128579534848 bytes, 251131904 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 0E47F670-C4DD-476D-BB0E-EB53A31FD907
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/mmcblk0p1 2048 34815 32768 16M unknown
/dev/mmcblk0p2 34816 251131870 251097055 119.7G unknown
on the phone, I get corrupted status and unable to mount it now (even after rebooting the phone) so I'm trying to rescue the data in any way possible.
Questions: 1- is there a way to mount the partition to copy the data? as you can see the filesystem type is unknown 2- if not any other tool to copy everything to a SanDisk one (seems more durable) while it was a merged storage with the internal storage of the phone? I'm thinking to use dd and see if it works
I'm currently running TestDesk from cgsecurity.org and will try Photorec later but that won't replicate other data and apps.
if you have any specific tools for Android storages especially the merged ones kindly advise to look into them.
Thanks in advance.

Lol, I have exactly the same combination.

Samsung too?

what is the sd card model?

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what is the sd card model?
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Samsung 128GB EVO+ microSD XC1 , attached a photo

Too bad, I have working with no problems the 64Gb Samsung PRO model

I've had this same thing happen with 3 different SD Cards (from both Samsung and Sandisk) all while using the merged storage option. There must be some critical hardware or firmware bug that is causing this but I've yet to hear anything about it.
Unfortunately you're SD card is ruined. Best thing to do now is a factory reset and get a new SD card but keep it mounted as external storage.

You guys can fix your SD cards, but it's going to wipe them
Get the SD Memory Card Formatter from here
Choose the Erase option and let it run
It takes quite some time (sometimes a couple of hours), but after running it you'll be able to use your cards again
Then, don't use it as internal storage anymore. That seems to be what's making them go bad from what I'm reading here

Copy SD card to larger SD card, how to?

I currently have a 32 gig SD card in my Samsung tablet running Lineage OS and would like to replace it with a 64gig card. How to copy the data from the 32 gig card to the new 64 gig card.

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I currently have a 32 gig SD card in my Samsung tablet running Lineage OS and would like to replace it with a 64gig card. How to copy the data from the 32 gig card to the new 64 gig card.
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Depends on sd card usage. If you installed it as portable storage, you can slmply remove it, copy the files to your pc's disk and from there to the new sd.
Adopted storage: better use usb cable from phone to pc.

Painfully copied to what appears to be the SD card only now looks like it all went to the internal storage and the SD card is almost empty? How can I move data from internal storage to SD card? SD card is NOT set as portable storage.

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Painfully copied to what appears to be the SD card only now looks like it all went to the internal storage and the SD card is almost empty? How can I move data from internal storage to SD card? SD card is NOT set as portable storage.
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Do you have the option to eject sd card in storage settings?

Yes, but found in storage an option to move stuff to SD card, which I did. This partly fixes my problem. But, I still can't "get to it" via explorer. It is a mystery to me how this works between internal storage and SD card.

@Quincofish "I currently have a 32 gig SD card in my Samsung tablet running Lineage OS and would like to replace it with a 64gig card. How to copy the data from the 32 gig card to the new 64 gig card."
This is probably too late for you but I had a similar problem this week transferring from a 128Gb to a 256Gb card. I sorted it quite simply (in the end!). Here's what I did - with detailed instructions!!
MSDOS ROBOCOPY can effectively 'CLONE' SD CARD
ROBOCOPY [source] [destination] /MIR
This command copies everything, including system and other hidden files even those with very long filenames. The following instructions enable you to transfer an exact copy of the contents of your old micro SD card to your new, larger, micro SD card.
Using MS Windows: in the search window, type: Command Prompt — and then press the Enter key to open the Command Prompt window then navigate to the root directory e.g. Drive C:
1) Make a directory in the root of the C: Drive
Enter the following commands (pressing the Enter key at the end of each line):
cd /
md sd-card
cd sd-card
The first command above changes the current directory to your root drive.
The second command creates a new folder (directory) in your root drive named “sd-card”. (You can use any legal file name here, but you must remember to substitute that name in place of “sd-card” in the code below. If you use spaces in your new name, then you must put double-quote marks around the new name.)
NB ENSURE THE NEW FOLDER "SD_CARD" HAS WRITE PRIVILEGES: in the folder's Properties in Windows Explorer, UNCHECK the READ-ONLY box. (If you cannot see the folder in Windows Explorer, go to the C:\ display and in the View Tab, click on the Options button on the far right and then 'Change folder and search options' and go to the 'View' tab and uncheck 'Hide protected operating system files'. For security, you should to revert to hiding these once the copy operation is completed).
The third command changes the current directory to “sd-card”.
2) Insert your micro SD card into a USB Adapter and plug it into your computer. Check what Drive letter has been assigned to it - either by looking at the pop-up message or checking the drive letter in Windows explorer or in other ways. The following instruction assumes the SD Card is in Drive F:
3) Then, in the MSDOS screen, enter:
robocopy F:\ c:\sd-card /MIR
This is the key line. Make sure you type exactly as shown. In this line, I have used the drive letter F, if your system assigned a different drive letter for your card, use that letter instead of the F. (Remember also, if you used a different name than “sd-card” for your folder, you must use the new name here - with quote marks if you have spaces in the name).The letters at the end this line are called switches and tell the system to mirror copy all your files, including system and other hidden files on your SD card.
It may take many minutes to copy the files from your current card into the sd-card folder (or whatever you have named it).
When the copying is complete the system will tell you how many files you have copied.
Eject your micro SD card adapter from the computer and then carefully remove the micro card from the adapter.
4) Now insert your new micro SD card into the adapter and insert the adapter into your computer's USB port. The system will assign it a drive letter (almost always the same letter as before — but it could be different, so check to be sure).
In the Command Prompt window, type in the following, hitting the Enter key at the end of each line:
cd /
cd sd-card
robocopy c:\sd-card F:\ /MIR
As you are typing the above, make the necessary substitutions if you are using a different name for the folder, or if your drive letter is different.
After the files have been copied onto your new card, eject the card and remove the adapter from your computer, and then carefully remove you new card from the adapter.
Carefully insert your new card into your phone, replace the cover, and start your phone.
You will find all your files (including apps, pictures, movies, text messages as well as system and other hidden files) that were stored on your old card are now on your new card.
5) Delete the sd-card folder and its contents from your computer (if you need the space) and Check 'Hide protected operating system files' in the C: drive's root folder, as advised above.
Hope it works for you and others!!