This is a brand new 16GB Wifi Galaxy Tab 10.1 2014 Edition. All I've done is let it update firmware and the multitude of apps that came installed on it. Hardware upgrade consisted of adding a 64GB microSD card. I removed it once I found out I couldn't copy files to it.
I'm trying to copy files to the tab. I'm using the usb cable that came with it. When I connect the tablet to a PC it installs the drivers without error. I go to Windows Explorer and I can see the file system on the tablet. I try to create a folder, (EG in Downloads) on the tablet from windows explorer and I get an error after a minute or so -> "The new folder could not be created in this location. The device has either stopped responding or has been disconnected." This error occurs with and without the sdcard installed when writing to internal or external memory.
The tablet is set up so USB is connected as a media device.
I also tried Kies 3 but results were similar, except that the error in kies was less informative.
Same errors/problems occur from 2 different PCs - a Win 7 Pro x64 and a Win 7 Ult x32.
I'm pretty frustrated now. I've spent a couplke hours messing with this thing. One of the reasons I bought it over a ipad was so I could easily transfer files. It's turning out it worse that Apple & their itunes junk.
I found one way to get files over. Pull the microSD, put it in a USB card reader, attach to my PC, transfer the files to the card and replace the card in the tablet.
SNEAKERNET LIVES!
Just plugged my new 64gb Galaxy Note 10.1 into my Windows 8.1 laptop, waited about a minute to "install software" whatever that means - drivers? Under "This PC - Devices and Drives" is SM-P600. Both the tablet and micro-sd cards are there and I had no trouble creating a new folder and copying files to it for either one. So, no problems there. How is the card formatted? NTFS,FAT32, etc
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Just plugged my new 64gb Galaxy Note 10.1 into my Windows 8.1 laptop, waited about a minute to "install software" whatever that means - drivers? Under "This PC - Devices and Drives" is SM-P600. Both the tablet and micro-sd cards are there and I had no trouble creating a new folder and copying files to it for either one. So, no problems there. How is the card formatted? NTFS,FAT32, etc
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I did the copy at work and now I'm home. I insert the microSD and all the files are there. Only ths file names are gibberish. This card was initialized in the tablet.
I leave tomorrow am early for a 2 week vacation. This tablet was bought specifically so I could do some reading while on vacation.
This POS is going back. I should have bought an ipad. At least I would have something usable.
Your 64GB MIcroSD card is a SDXC -- you may want to check your card reader to make sure that it is SDXC capable and not just SDHC. If you're using a SD card reader built-in to a PC, chances are pretty good that it's not SDXC.
I just bought a Samsung 64GB UHS-I card for my 16GB Note 10.1 2014 and even though I have four different card readers (one of them just a couple months old), none of them can read or write to a SDXC card. So I plugged in my tablet to my USB port on my PC, and even though I know I have the latest Samsung drivers on it, it didn't recognize it as a storage device. I switched it to being a "camera" in the settings of the tablet and my desktop found both the internal 16GB card and the external 64GB card and I was able to copy all of my data from my other tablet's 32GB SDHC card over to the 64GB card that way.
Just FYI, I'm the only one in my family of six who has an Android tablet -- my wife and four children all have iPads, and I've had to setup/configure each one. I would rather slam my own head in a car door 25 times than configure even just one more frickin' iPad. Each one I encountered something completely different, there's little to no help on the internet (can't tell you how many times I was told, "You'll probably have to take it in to your local Apple Store's Genius Bar" for EVERY...SINGLE....ISSUE....I....ENCOUNTERED. And I'm not even USING these iPads -- I'm just trying to set them up, get them synced with long-time iTunes accounts, etc. If you want an iPad, go for it. Good luck!
I have no issues copying to my 32 GB SD card or the internal memory in the tablet itself. I should mention my 32 GB card is formatted as exFAT. Also, make sure your tablet is unlocked when you initially connect it. I found out with my galaxy note 2 that if I have a passcode on it and the device is locked, my pc will not recognize the storage present on the device until I unlock it.
It's b/c the file you're trying to copy over is corrupt.
I use ES File Explorer. There is a place to open shared folder in the network
You can also use Samsung Link so you don't have to use a USB connection. It provides root-level access on the mobile devices and PCs it's installed on.
Go to settings then General then "about device" tap on the build number 10 times and you will see Developer options appear. in developer options click USB debugging.
Hopefully this will allow you to see your sd card and you can then move files freely between your computer and the tablet.
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I use ES File Explorer. There is a place to open shared folder in the network
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This. Why are people doing things the hard way? I've been using ES for years to copy files from smb shares. Works perfect.
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I use ES File Explorer. There is a place to open shared folder in the network
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Not to steal the thread but this brings up a question. I used to use ES but it started popping up after every install or update. I deleted it. Is there a way to stop that from happening?
Thanks....
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Not to steal the thread but this brings up a question. I used to use ES but it started popping up after every install or update. I deleted it. Is there a way to stop that from happening?
Thanks....
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That was a bug. Lasted a few weeks and the dev fixed it.
It was a corrupt file... Guaranteed...
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Just want to know if the Desire HD has problems accessing the microSd card (especially if it's a class 6) when connected to a PC in 'Hard Drive' mode
Let me explain...
Firstly - I have a rooted phone with Android Revolution HD (v5.2.3)
I had the original 8Gb Class 2 card that came with the phone, which I swapped with a Kingston 8Gb class 4... had no problems with it.
I could connect up the phone to my PC (Windows XP + SP3) as 'Disk Drive' & copy files back & forth between them with no problems - no matter how large they are or what type
The 8Gb got a 'little full' recently (I filled it with APK Backups,Music ,ebooks & 'comics' etc), so brought a Samsung 16Gb Class 6 from Amazon
I connected up to phone as 'Disk Drive' & copied over the contents of the phone DIRECTLY to the 16Gb (which was in a Card reader) with no problems.. then put the 16Gb into the phone (after unmounting etc safely) & all apps etc work fine.
NOW - If I connect the phone up as 'Disk Drive' to the PC, although I can copy OFF the 16Gb to the PC with no problems,
If I try copying file ONTO the 16Gb (regardless of size/type)... I MAY be lucky enough getting 2-5 files across before XP 'loses' the drive & asks 'Please insert a disk into drive...'
Now I'm pretty sure it's not XP the problem - I can put the 16Gb into a card reader & files copy over with no problems (I've plugged the card reader into motherboard USB, front panel USB and even through a USB Hub)... it only seems to happen if I access the card through the Phone.
Is this because -
it's a Class 6 card...
A problem with the Phone design...
Due to ARHD Rom (if so would updating to the latest version fix this ??),
or is there a way to prevent XP from losing connection ??​Many thanks in advance
I think its a bug in that rom. It does not have anything to do with sd card, if you can, update it or just try any other rom and i am sure it will work.
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I think its a bug in that rom. It does not have anything to do with sd card, if you can, update it or just try any other rom and i am sure it will work.
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I may just try that in the future - just don't want to install a new ROM (It'll have to be latest ARHD anyway, as I have a full HTC Navigation licence) & then have to reinstall everything (yet again)
However I can currently get around this little 'problem' by using 'File expert' app & using FTP over my WiFi, as that seems to work OK,... a lot easier than having to remove the SD card each time
But thanks for the suggestion anyway
I got my ATT Note 2 last night and its great so far. When I plugged in the Sandisk Class 10 64gb microsd card I got on amazon, it did not ask to format it. When I go to settings it shows the card and 59.6GB available and does have the tab that asks if you want to format. I did not click on it since the card is recognized. I even moved some songs on to the card and they played so my question is. Do I need to format the card or is it working straight out of the package like it should? I just don't want to put a bunch of stuff on the card and then find out I need to format it after all. My GF's note 2 did the same thing. I read on a bunch of threads about how the cards didnt work with the stock format and only showed 32GB but mine seems to be OK. Any thoughts?
Note 2 recognizes exfat format, which your sdcard is probably formatted to out of the box since it's a 64GB. So no need to change it to another format. Most older phones don't recognize the format though, so if you're planning to move it to and from another (older) phone you might want to. Otherwise, keep it as it is. The posts you read about people having problems with 64gb micro sd card were probably using a phone that doesn't support exfat format.
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Note 2 recognizes exfat format, which your sdcard is probably formatted to out of the box since it's a 64GB. So no need to change it to another format. Most older phones don't recognize the format though, so if you're planning to move it to and from another (older) phone you might want to. Otherwise, keep it as it is. The posts you read about people having problems with 64gb micro sd card were probably using a phone that doesn't support exfat format.
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Thanks!!!
BTW is there a way to create folders inside the SD card so when I move my music and pictures to it I know where they are.
sure... you can create them from your phone using the built-in file explorer in your phone (My Files). Go to All files > extSdCard > Press Menu button and choose Create folder.
Or you can connect your phone to your PC and create folders from windows explorer.
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sure... you can create them from your phone using the built-in file explorer (My Files). Go to All files > extSdCard > Press Menu button and choose Create folder.
Or you can connect your phone to your PC and create folders from windows explorer.
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I tried doing it on Windows explorer and it would not let me. I will try myfiles on the phone.
Some custom kernels do not support exfat, just letting you know just in case.
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I noticed that my Note II had bounced a rather small app update for lack of space on the phone. Okay, fine. I have a bunch of games on there (GTA is huge) and I guess I have to move/delete some stuff. Then I realize that my camera app has been storing stuff on the phone instead of the 64gb Class 10 Kingston SD card (in b4 "Kingston is crap!"). So I make that change and tell the phone to start saving photos to the SD card. Fine. There are already some photo files on the SD card, so I decide to use ES File Explorer to move the existing photos from my DCIM folder to the one on the SD card. ES tells me everything went fine, and a subsequent check confirmed this. All good so far.
Then I went for a drive and decided to play tracks off my phone. What? Nobody home. No music for some reason. Everything's gone. Fine, I'll look into it when I get home.
This morning: "Oh, I have a photo of that! Let me just get it..."
Nobody home.
Go to ES File Explorer, and all the files and folders on the stupid SD card are 404.
Go to my computer. Connect my Note II and look at the drives on the phone. Windows shows the phone's storage, and shows the card storage, which says there's stuff on there (as in, space is taken up). Click into the drive and... Nothing's there.
Unmount the SD in Settings and put it into a card reader. Maybe the phone's goofing up, right? Windows says that the card needs to be formatted (because it's using an unfamiliar filesystem).
Nuts.
Put the card back into the phone. The phone will recognize the filesystem, so it should be-- What?
Phone says the card is now blank or using an unsupported filesystem.
So there's my problem. How do I proceed? I know that stuff's on there. I just know there's something stupid going on that's preventing me from getting at it.
As long as I can yank my latest photos off there, I don't mind wiping the card and starting over, since it's just media stuff I was keeping on there anyway. What do I use to crack into it?
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
UPDATE: Various file recovery apps (in both Windows and the phone) are telling me that the card now has truly nothing on it. There are many, many really great swear words I want to share with you right now, but am prohibited from using on this forum. It actually HURTS not to use them right now.
Why do people seem to have so many problems with 64gb Class 10 cards on the Note II?
I had similar problem, I was trying to use software for SGSII to map SD card as usb flash disk to a PC and it didn't work and when I disconnected I had same symptoms as you. I put the card in reader and connected to PC and repaired with Minitool (just search for "MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition"). I lost couple of folders but most of it was ok.
Good luck!
Sounds like You have a Corrupted Boot sector.
Put the SD card in a Card Reader on Your Windows PC.
Open a Command Prompt and Type This - chkdsk /X /F <SD card drive letter>:
If Your SD card is Drive G, It would Look Like This - chkdsk /X /F G:
This will repair the Boot Sector if that is the Problem.
Put the SD card back in Your Phone and You should be Good To Go.
Hello all; I just got the T-mobile Tab S LTE variant, SM-T807T, and I am/was absolutely loving it.
then 30 minutes ago...
I inserted my SD card from my nook, a 64GB card with about 55GB worth of comics, music, ebooks and photos. At first no app could see anything on the card (although the Storage menu in the Tab's settings showed the correct space and how much was full).
Rebooted and I could see all my pictures using my favorite galary app, QuickPic.
However, some files wouldn't open so I unmounted the card through the menu, took it out, inserted it back in and no files show up at all.... OK
Rebooted the tablet and now it looks like I lost about 30GB of files! the "comics" "ebooks" "music" folders are all completely gone. and almost all folders are gone from my "photos" folder. I unmounted the card and put it into the PC and same thing.
Some folders are still there with a few files here and there.
I'm pretty devastated. The SD card worked this morning in my nook and I have been organizing comics on it for months.
I will try recovery software when I get home but this is awful and so much time is lost on the organization of the folders. That's assuming I can even recover the files. Anyone have any suggestions?
My tab is unrooted (couldn't find T807T root anywhere) and 2 days old. Should I return it or could it be my card or stock KitKat or what?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Update:
While I'm not sure what exactly went wrong, my LOST.dir folder had over 20GB worth of files in it so I used "MiniTool Power Data Recovery" to scan the card and was able to find all the files and restore them to my desktop in proper directory hierarchy and file names (which if you've ever used data recovery software you'll know is quite rare). I had the software from before when I had some SD failure in my dSLR (I'm sensing a pattern here, and I actually invest in good branded cards!) and the program worked perfectly.
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While I'm not sure what exactly went wrong, my LOST.dir folder had over 20GB worth of files in it so I used "MiniTool Power Data Recovery" to scan the card and was able to find all the files and restore them to my desktop in proper directory hierarchy and file names (which if you've ever used data recovery software you'll know is quite rare). I had the software from before when I had some SD failure in my dSLR (I'm sensing a pattern here, and I actually invest in good branded cards!) and the program worked perfectly.
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Exactly don't use them cheap cards they are crap
I did use a branded card, Team 64GB SDXC from newegg. I always get cards with reviews form reliable sources.
update:
After reformatting the card in the tablet, and moving all the files back to it and trying to use it in the Tab S it still wouldn't work. It wouldn't delete my files anymore but it had a very strange behavior whereas I could see the card's contents for about 20 seconds after mounting it but then everything would disappear completely. The used/free capacity would still show accurately in the Storage settings tab but I could not access any of the data through any programs (including Samsung's My Files).
Funny enough, I had the same sd card in my phone (same brand/model/capacity) and that one works fine in the tab. My phone (galaxy note 2) reads both so i swapped them.
Everything running smoothly now, except of course for Google's douche move to disable write to sd card in 4.4.2. I hope root for the SM-T807T comes soon...
I have purchased a week ago a Galaxy Tab S 8.4 (T705M) and I am using a 64 Gb MicroSD in it.
I upgraded to 5.02 (OTA) since June/26.
I have problems with external MicroSD when the tablet is connected via USB to my PC (Windows 7, Home, 64 bits).
Whe trying to copy files from the PC to the tablet external MicroSD, the operation is very, very slow and some files (existing previously in the external MicroSD) disappear. Very annoying.
I had same problem with another Tab S I purchased by January and I returned it to the vendor. In that case, the tablet was on Kit Kat (as it is sold).
Yesterday, after the Tablet erases several directories from the SD, I turned off the tablet and extracted the SD. I tried to fix the SD directly connected to the PC but the SD appears as "read only".
After trying for a while I gave up and I formatted the SD (extFAT) and copy the info from a backup I did before putting the SD in the teeth (fangs?) of the tablet (yeah, I guessed the tablet would be as a wild beast when managing SD's). The "re"formatted microSD behaved as a charm, all info copied without any problem (but it took almost 3 hours copying 50 Gb at about 7 Mb/second).
On the other hand, I used this same SD card in my old Note 8 (Jellybean) for more than a year without problems.
Now, I guess the only way I have is extracting the SD card and edit its content only connecting it directly to a PC.
What can I do to calm down the beast and edit external MicroSD connecting the tablet via USB without losing information and with a reasonable speed ?
Any suggestion ?
Root your device and apply the sd card fix. Also 7mb/s seems about normal for a cheap micro sd card.
I have not had any problems with files disappearing, have you confirmed your 64gb microsd is not a fake.
I have a Samsung 64gb microsd, and i got around 9MB/s copying a movie from my notebook to my T800 10.5"
John.
Thanks for the comments.
My card is Verbatim Class 10 and it worked perfectly in my old Note 8. It works really as stated for a class 10 SD (10 MB/s at peaks as stated in https://www.sdcard.org/developers/overview/speed_class/) but, as with any device, speed depends on several factors (file sizes, buffer in the source PC, etc) and the average obtained is really about 7 MB/s or so.
I guess the problem is related with something in Lollipop (but Tinderbox says has no problems) or, more probable, driver in the PC.
Tinderbox, are you using Kies to transfer ? are you transferring from a PC or a Mac ? which class is your SD ? have you enabled "USB debugging" ?
I purchased an 8 GB SD in order to make some tests. This SD is Class 4 and formatted FAT32 but anyway I will test it to learn about this riddle....
In the mean time, any suggestions are welcome and I repeat, thanks for the answers.
UPDATE:
Sandisk SD (8 GB, FAT32) worked perfectly, no erases, good speed (Class 4, speed tablet connected via USB about 4 MB/s).
Next test planned: reformat Verbatim 64 GB using FAT32.
I am on kitkat 4.4.2 and i dont use kies, I just drag and drop my files from my notebook to the tablet, I did not need to enable usb debugging, my 64gb is full of video, I copy them virtually every day and have had not problems.
I think i read about another 8.4" owner having problems with his microsd card i will have a look for it.
I have only ever bought Samsung memory cards for years and i have never had a problem.
Have you tried re-installing the device driver, you can do it from the kies menu.
John.
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I am on kitkat 4.4.2 and i dont use kies, I just drag and drop my files from my notebook to the tablet, I did not need to enable usb debugging, my 64gb is full of video, I copy them virtually every day and have had not problems.
I think i read about another 8.4" owner having problems with his microsd card i will have a look for it.
I have only ever bought Samsung memory cards for years and i have never had a problem.
Have you tried re-installing the device driver, you can do it from the kies menu.
John.
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Thanks for your complete answer(s).
I have made several (a lot) of tests without any success. In all cases SD can not be written from a PC (when connected via USB) and erasing files using android app sometimes cause corruption.
The card is completely readable (a little laggy to begin to work after it was unmounted and reinserted). The card works without errors when connected directly to the PC.
These are the some tests I have made (reformatting and restoring the files between one test and the next, a real nightmare ):
1. Uninstalling Kies
2. Reinstalling Kies (and refreshing driver)
3. Uninstalling Kies and Samsung driver. Uninstalling USB driver and erasing it completely and let windows select the driver
4. Formatting the card in FAT32 via some software
5. Trying to format the card via command in windows (from the console). It takes about one hour and abort near the end with an error messages explaining that windows can not format FAT32 for this capacity
6. Even trying to partition the SD via DISKPART. I can create one primary partition (32000 MB) but DISKPART shows all disk allocated and do not allow to create another partition (either primary or extended)
Last symptom: I erased one file from the root directory of the SD using "My files" (the app preinstalled in the firmware by Samsung). The file disappear but My files shows a ghost file named with special characters.
When the SD is consulted via Root Explorer (an android file manager) or even connected directly to the PC, the ghost file did not show.
@tinderbox: could you remember who (or where do you read about) the other " 8.4" owner having problems with his microsd card " ?
Some body could suggest solution ?
Thanks for any help or guide.
Hi.
You did format the micosd card using the tablet, you cannot format on an computer and then use it in your tablet, the tablet uses it own file system, so you have to format the microsd using the tablet.
John.
Format the card to exFat in windows. It only takes a few seconds to format my Samsung Evo 64gb.
If it doesn't work then your card likely has issues.
Finally success
Thanks for your suggestions.
I tried almost everything:
1. Formatting FAT32
2. Reformatting in the tablet
3. Reformatting in the PC
4. Even formatting using a software from Verbatim website
The problem persists: SD Card is not editable (delete files, write files, edit files) when inserted in the tablet. SD works perfectly in the PC.
Finally I purchased another SD 64 Gb Toshiba Class 10. The SD package says it can work at 40 Mb/sec. The card write at 10 Mb/sec but it reads faster.
This Toshiba card works perfectly. I can erase or move files using android file manager (My Files app), I can write from the PC using tablet connected via USB to the PC. I can create files directly in the tablet (I used Jota+ to create a text file).
Verbatim card and Toshiba card specs seem identical, except by the speed claimed in the Toshiba package. There is some difference I am missing but definitively these cards are not equal (something in the card data bus ?)
I repeat, thanks to everybody who tried to help.
I only ever buy Samsung memory cards for years, and i test every one for errors and i have never found any, And if an Samsung memory card does not work in an Samsung tablet, well it is not going to happen, but people go for the cheap alternative.
John.