My phone has 9gb of internal space, its all being used but the table isn't adding up to 9gbs.. This doesn't make sense. My phone won't even read my external SD card. Its 32gb. I can't format my external SD card. I can't mount it. Idk how to fix the problem. Any suggestions?
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ixJay said:
My phone has 9gb of internal space, its all being used but the table isn't adding up to 9gbs.. This doesn't make sense. My phone won't even read my external SD card. Its 32gb. I can't format my external SD card. I can't mount it. Idk how to fix the problem. Any suggestions?
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Some stuff such as nandroid backups don't show up in that list. Any chance that's taking up a lot of your space?
Try formatting your SD card in Windows if you have a USB adapter or micro to full size adapter and a port on your computer for a full SD. 32GB should be FAT32.
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crawler9 said:
Some stuff such as nandroid backups don't show up in that list. Any chance that's taking up a lot of your space?
Try formatting your SD card in Windows if you have a USB adapter or micro to full size adapter and a port on your computer for a full SD. 32GB should be FAT32.
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I have a USB adapter that connects to my phone. What do I do after connecting my phone to the computer? Cause every time I connect it. It doesn't bring up my external SD card.. And how do I set it to fat32?
Edit: also how can I delete the backups I have made? Been a while since I've messed with a rooted phone.
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I have a USB adapter that connects to my phone. What do I do after connecting my phone to the computer? Cause every time I connect it. It doesn't bring up my external SD card.. And how do I set it to fat32?
Edit: also how can I delete the backups I have made? Been a while since I've messed with a rooted phone.
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When I said USB adapter, I was talking about a microSD to USB adapter. In case the phone is the bad link in the chain, it'd be a good idea to remove the card from the phone and attempt to manipulate it externally. If that is not an option for you, I'll let someone else with ideas chime in on that topic.
For Nandroids: Try something like Nandroid Manager * ROOT
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.h3r3t1c.bkrestore
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When I said USB adapter, I was talking about a microSD to USB adapter. In case the phone is the bad link in the chain, it'd be a good idea to remove the card from the phone and attempt to manipulate it externally. If that is not an option for you, I'll let someone else with ideas chime in on that topic.
For Nandroids: Try something like Nandroid Manager * ROOT
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.h3r3t1c.bkrestore
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Crazy how the app is 2.93MB and I can't download it. I get an error saying "Insufficient storage available" mean while I have like 800+MB available. I don't get whats wrong with this phone.
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ixJay said:
Crazy how the app is 2.93MB and I can't download it. I get an error saying "Insufficient storage available" mean while I have like 800+MB available. I don't get whats wrong with this phone.
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If you have a root explorer or adb you could try pushing it to system/app because your data partition appears full.
You could also try to Odin back to stock.
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I have reformatted my card several times from the storage setting. Nothing work just stays "damaged"
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Do you have an adapter? Can you plug it in to a computer to test?
Well I'm not next to a computer at the moment. I formatted it through the settings in the phone and it doesn't seem to "fix" damage
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Are you sure it's connected to your phone? Try using it on another device that uses an SD card.
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Are you sure it's connected to your phone? Try using it on another device that uses an SD card.
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This is another good option. Personally, I would plug into a computer and run a diagnostic check on the SD card. I would hate to lose pics and data due to using a faulty sd card.
This happened to me many times. I dont really kow what could've caused it. All i know is that i've never had any problems with any of my SD cards, until i got the S3. So weird.
Well it's connected to the pc via usb and there is no option through the pc to format the drive
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I'm also getting all sorts of force closes and freezes when it is mounted to my phone...
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Well it's connected to the pc via usb and there is no option through the pc to format the drive
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I'm also getting all sorts of force closes and freezes when it is mounted to my phone...
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That's because of the way the GS3 handles the external SD card. I don't remember the details but it is not mounted as USB mass storage.
Going back Metal Slug's post, if you have another device that can mount is as USB mass storage, or an micro sd -> sd adapter would be the only other option.
What size is the card?
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So i bought a 16 gb class 4 SD card for my galaxy s3. My old 4 gb SD card that I replaced worked great with no fail. This new card however, sometime unmount and remount. Sometime it lets me write to it other time I can only read what I already have on there from it. This is a problem because when I set the sd card as all my media defaults sometime message comes up saying it failed to write to sd card so it changed back to phone memory.....
Anyone know if this is a bad card or if there is anyway I can set things up to make the card work. Thanks ! I have 15 days to replace it.
edit- I tried to look for other related sd issue, but it seems to only be talking about rooted phones. I dont have root and this is my first android so I'm not comfortable going the rooting route just yet.
Have you reformatted the card?
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Have you reformatted the card?
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I've reformatted the card like 4 times now. Its not working very well.
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I've reformatted the card like 4 times now. Its not working very well.
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Which do you recommend. Exfat/ fat32 or Ntfs??
I've also had this issue but my fone is rooted. I've had to reformat it at least once a week. I will go to save music or a picture to it and it will say the ext sd card isn't accessible and when I go check it with root explorer instead of folder titled music It will be £usic or something crazy. Then the card will start switching to r/o instead of r/w.
Edit: it meaning the external sd card.
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Which do you recommend. Exfat/ fat32 or Ntfs??
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I would go with exfat. And try to format it from the phone not the computer.
If you still have problems try fat32.
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I would go with exfat. And try to format it from the phone not the computer.
If you still have problems try fat32.
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I've done both and get same end result. Had 2 different cards(same brand).
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You could try this.
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/
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Does the card work fine in a pc? What brand is it? What brand is the old card?
I popped my sd card out of my s2 skyrocket and tried to put it in here and it says sd card damaged following another tutorial on xda on how to recover the data on it. It had all my family albums and such on it as well as my music and app data. Has anyone else had a issue with theres? Im using a 32gb class 10 made by patriot. Thanks for the tips if u leave some.
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I have a 32 gb sandisk class 10 and never had an issue. Maybe it happened when removing it from old phone didnt unmount properly.
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I popped my sd card out of my s2 skyrocket and tried to put it in here and it says sd card damaged following another tutorial on xda on how to recover the data on it. It had all my family albums and such on it as well as my music and app data. Has anyone else had a issue with theres? Im using a 32gb class 10 made by patriot. Thanks for the tips if u leave some.
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Have you tried to plug the phone in to your PC with the card mounted in the phone to see if it will mount as storage? You can also If you have an adapter microSD to SDcard and a sdcard slot on a PC or know someone who does try and read it from a PC. Have you tried to put it back in the skyrocket and see if you still get the error? GL
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Have you tried to plug the phone in to your PC with the card mounted in the phone to see if it will mount as storage? You can also If you have an adapter microSD to SDcard and a sdcard slot on a PC or know someone who does try and read it from a PC. Have you tried to put it back in the skyrocket and see if you still get the error? GL
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Ya have tried all that still isnt working ran a recovery program that has been able to find the drive but not been able to get my data off it yet.
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If you manage to copy all the files to your PC, try looking at this video. I had a similar issue when I switched from a Razr Maxx running a custom rom to a GS3. Might work for you...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkHbka7_XPo&feature=player_embedded
Why is my 16 gb T-mobile Note 2 only showing 10 gb? Did i get a defective device, or does this particullar device use 6 gb for system? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Quite a bit is used for the system, and is normal (unfortunately)
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Quite a bit is used for the system, and is normal (unfortunately)
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Thanks for your help! But it really sucks that I only have 10 GB of storage left and most of that is being used on apps
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Thanks for your help! But it really sucks that I only have 10 GB of storage left and most of that is being used on apps
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You can always buy an sd card, you can add 64gb. At least we have an option to add an sd card. If you need more space there's options.
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You can always buy an sd card, you can add 64gb. At least we have an option to add an sd card. If you need more space there's options.
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And if you get a usb OTG cable, you can add a flash drive to add even more storage! I got a 64gb card in the phone and another 64gb flash drive which I've loaded with music and videos.
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You can always buy an sd card, you can add 64gb. At least we have an option to add an sd card. If you need more space there's options.
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I currently have a 32 gb sd card in the note 2, however i do not see a option to transfer apps from the phone storage to the sd card. Any ideas?
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I currently have a 32 gb sd card in the note 2, however i do not see a option to transfer apps from the phone storage to the sd card. Any ideas?
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There's an option to transfer user apps to sd card in Titanium Backup paid version.
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I currently have a 32 gb sd card in the note 2, however i do not see a option to transfer apps from the phone storage to the sd card. Any ideas?
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Gemini app manager will let you transfer to sd card... and it's free.
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There's an option to transfer user apps to sd card in Titanium Backup paid version.
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I was looking for an easy way to do this because I am lazy. Saw scripts and stuff but that seemed like work.I tried this, but I am not certain it works, at least not well. I ran it, and it says it ran successfully, but the device memory didn't change at all. Same amount taken up by applications, same available space over all.
However, I did try to move the apps back and forth again to test this, so maybe it moved once, but then refused to move any more. Not sure...
Do I have to have a rooted phone in order to move stuff to my sd card? This is insane that u can't move apps or music to an sd card. WHY would Samsung do that?
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There's an option to transfer user apps to sd card in Titanium Backup paid version.
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I have the paid version, and every time I move a app to SD card it never works.
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I have the paid version, and every time I move a app to SD card it never works.
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They are probably not transferring because they don't run properly from the external sd. There's plenty of room for apps in the internal.
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Hey guys! I keep getting a message up top that says " you can safely remove sd card" and I can't get to my pics or music. Does anyone know what that is and how to fix it? Thanks in advance!
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coachmoore said:
Hey guys! I keep getting a message up top that says " you can safely remove sd card" and I can't get to my pics or music. Does anyone know what that is and how to fix it? Thanks in advance!
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Stupid question, but have you tried reseating it?
Yeah I tried taking it out and putting it back in
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Yeah I tried taking it out and putting it back in
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I tried going into storage and hit mount sd card... it said preparing sd card then went right back to safely remove.
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One other thing, just trying to clarify... I did load some music into my phone from the computer yesterday, via usb cable.
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Try inserting your sd card into your PC to see if it can read it. You may need to reformat using FAT32.
It could also be a sign your sd card is on the fritz. There are a TON of threads that discuss SD card issues with the SGS3. (As a matter of fact, I had a Sandisk 32gb go belly up on me last month.)
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Try inserting your sd card into your PC to see if it can read it. You may need to reformat using FAT32.
It could also be a sign your sd card is on the fritz. There are a TON of threads that discuss SD card issues with the SGS3. (As a matter of fact, I had a Sandisk 32gb go belly up on me last month.)
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Thanks, man.. I'll try that tonight!
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One other thing, just trying to clarify... I did load some music into my phone from the computer yesterday, via usb cable.
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I had a similar problem. I think you need to use Kies to transfer files from the PC to the Phone. If you want to transfer directly to the card, you need to remove it and put it in an SD Reader.
sounds like a bad sdcard, reformat the card if it is readable on the PC, if not then it's time for a new one. SdCards go by pretty quick these days it seems.
If it is just bad, and I reformat it, will it wipe everything on it?
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Yes, a reformat will wipe everything.
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sounds like a bad sdcard, reformat the card if it is readable on the PC, if not then it's time for a new one. SdCards go by pretty quick these days it seems.
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Especially on this phone.
I've been lucky, I'll be next probably.
What brands are you guys buying? I have two 16gb AmazonBasics Class 10s in 2 S3s, no issues yet. I've come to really like AmazonBasics stuff. I buy the HDMI cables all the time. Always the newest specs, almost always the cheapest.
Ok, something strange happened.. just for grins I went to drop box and exported some pics to my sd card and it shows in the gallery as sd card with those pics in the folder. However, when ya try to mount sd card, it still said safe to remove.
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Spend the $15 to get a new card already. My 2c. Even if the card isn't the issue, it's a not a huge loss. Will need it eventually.
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Ok, something strange happened.. just for grins I went to drop box and exported some pics to my sd card and it shows in the gallery as sd card with those pics in the folder. However, when ya try to mount sd card, it still said safe to remove.
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That's what happened to me with my Sandisk 32gb Class 4 card - I was able to get it to read/write/format on my PC but it wouldn't co-operate with my phone. After a few tries with the phone, I tried again with my PC but to no avail - it ended up going belly up. Ended up exchanging it for a new one.
However, I bought a Topram 16GB Class 6 card (recommended by another XDA member) and I'm trying that one out now to see how long that one lasts.