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I've been spending waaay to much time trying to get this phone to work as I had expected with previous phones (even my LG G2x) giving me less problems. I recently bought a Sandisk 32gb, class 10 micro sd card and after transferring old music, pictures and videos from my old LG G2x with a 16gb card, placing files from my computer back onto my S4 with the 32gb card is a nightmare! Photos are transferred but too out of order to try and deal with although it's more the music problem that has me bugging. I have some success after putting about 3gb or so onto the new*32gb sd card but after that, the sd card flips out and starts using special characters for file names. Below I attached a screenshot of what I'm going through with another app called V1 Golf for Android. I'm stuck and any help is much appreciated. I can't delete anything on my sd card nor can I add. I've reformatted this card about 4 times now without success. Some say that a Sandisk have been nothing but problems for them, you think a Samsung card could be the fix?
I'm also running windows 7 on my computer as some people have said that could interfere with the transfer but it seems like that's not the problem being that downloading apps from google play shows corrupted files depicted below.
jakesteed808 said:
I've been spending waaay to much time trying to get this phone to work as I had expected with previous phones (even my LG G2x) giving me less problems. I recently bought a Sandisk 32gb, class 10 micro sd card and after transferring old music, pictures and videos from my old LG G2x with a 16gb card, placing files from my computer back onto my S4 with the 32gb card is a nightmare! Photos are transferred but too out of order to try and deal with although it's more the music problem that has me bugging. I have some success after putting about 3gb or so onto the new*32gb sd card but after that, the sd card flips out and starts using special characters for file names. Below I attached a screenshot of what I'm going through with another app called V1 Golf for Android. I'm stuck and any help is much appreciated. I can't delete anything on my sd card nor can I add. I've reformatted this card about 4 times now without success. Some say that a Sandisk have been nothing but problems for them, you think a Samsung card could be the fix?
I'm also running windows 7 on my computer as some people have said that could interfere with the transfer but it seems like that's not the problem being that downloading apps from google play shows corrupted files depicted below.
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First, did you format this 32gb sdcard using fat32, exFAT or NTFS or ?
If you did not format it with fat32 then that could have caused the problem.
First you need to remove the card from the phone and plug it into your
computer using the adaptor which came with the microsd card so it can be
tested and repaired in windows.
Once the card is plugged into the computer and it's recognized by windows make note of the drive letter.
Then open a cmd prompt in windows by going to the start menu clicking on RUN then type "CMD" and click OK to open the DOS prompt.
Then in the black DOS window type: chkdsk E: /F then press "enter" to scan and fix errors on your microsd card.
NOTE: The E: is just an example, check the actual drive letter of the sdcard which is plugged into the computer.
Please note, doing the above will not delete any files or folders unless they are deemed unusable and cannot be fixed.
The chkdsk will NOT not format your microsd card.
Good luck!
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I've been spending waaay to much time trying to get this phone to work as I had expected with previous phones (even my LG G2x) giving me less problems. I recently bought a Sandisk 32gb, class 10 micro sd card and after transferring old music, pictures and videos from my old LG G2x with a 16gb card, placing files from my computer back onto my S4 with the 32gb card is a nightmare! Photos are transferred but too out of order to try and deal with although it's more the music problem that has me bugging. I have some success after putting about 3gb or so onto the new*32gb sd card but after that, the sd card flips out and starts using special characters for file names. Below I attached a screenshot of what I'm going through with another app called V1 Golf for Android. I'm stuck and any help is much appreciated. I can't delete anything on my sd card nor can I add. I've reformatted this card about 4 times now without success. Some say that a Sandisk have been nothing but problems for them, you think a Samsung card could be the fix?
I'm also running windows 7 on my computer as some people have said that could interfere with the transfer but it seems like that's not the problem being that downloading apps from google play shows corrupted files depicted below.
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Unfortunately I ran into a very similar situation with a 64gb SanDisk card. After several months of using it successfully without issue, out of nowhere some 20 gigs of data were stuck. It seems that 1 file in a nandroid was corrupt. After formatting, re-partitioning, deleting etc, etc. with Windows 7 as well as MiniTool Partition Wizard I was unable to ever get the corrupt file to delete. Thus leaving the $60+ card useless and a prime candidate for the trash. I chalked it up too a "bizarre" instance. I have since purchased 2 64gb cards, one to replace and one for my new S4. Haven't had the issue since (knock on wood). Not sure what the exact culprit was, the recovery? (TWRP), a freak occurrance? or Just a defective card? If you have any luck saving your card please post how you did. Although I realize this probably isn't helpful except to know your not the only one.
My sd card seems to be stuck.
About 20 of 64 gb being used.
Now I can't delete anything. Or add anything.
It appears to delete and then it just comes back.
Does that mean my sd card is dead.
scandisk 64gb
Had the same thing just happen to me. Transferred a few kernel files yesterday and today couldn't delete, add or format anything. I was able to copy all files to computer but that's it.
same thing happen to my sandisk 64gb class 10 microsdcard as well
is it a virus?
I had the exact same issue with a San-disk 64gb micro sdcard, I contacted San-disk, they offered me a replacement card.I suggest you do the same, hopefully they will exchange it for you.
MSK1 said:
My sd card seems to be stuck.
About 20 of 64 gb being used.
Now I can't delete anything. Or add anything.
It appears to delete and then it just comes back.
Does that mean my sd card is dead.
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You can use another SD card to try whether this sd card is dead.
If anothe SD card can delete files, it proves that this sd card is dead, vice versa.
Did your problem solve? I'm experiencing now like with your problem. And I'm looking for an answer.
Hi I recently purchased a Note 2 from a guy on craigslist. I checked out the phone at purchase and everything proved to be correct. I didn't expect however that he had the phone rooted. I'm a big fan of rooting phones that don't have a good operating systems already or didn't have Android JB but phones like the galaxy phones I believe don't necessarily need to be rooted. I was pissed because I wanted it with stock rom but I just decided to accept it and unroot it myself. So after a long process I got it unrooted and running the latest stock rom and everything seemed to work except for one thing. When I transfered all of the Music files from my previous phones microSD(16gb) to my new one(64gb) none of the music files worked. All of them wouldn't play and the phone would say it can't open the file or something like that. So I tried formating the microSD and trying to put the files on the microSD again and still the files wouldn't play. I had to format the card through the phone itself and transfer the files through Samsung Kies just for 3/4 of the music to work. I can deal with 3/4 but now when I transfer a video file weather through Kies or straight to the folder none of the files play. When trying to play them nothing shows or sounds it's just black screen, you can fast foward or skip but nothing shows. I never thought I would have this much trouble with this phone but it appears as though there's a virus on the phone or card or something that is preventing video and music files to play. Even when trying to play files from the phone on Windows Media Player or any other music/video player the files don't play. I have also found that whenever I connect the phone to my PC let's say a day after I last connected it, I have to run USB connections on Kies and it has to reinstall the drivers for the phone just to actually see the files on the phone. Please help me I have no idea what to do. Thanks in advance.
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Hi I recently purchased a Note 2 from a guy on craigslist. I checked out the phone at purchase and everything proved to be correct. I didn't expect however that he had the phone rooted. I'm a big fan of rooting phones that don't have a good operating systems already or didn't have Android JB but phones like the galaxy phones I believe don't necessarily need to be rooted. I was pissed because I wanted it with stock rom but I just decided to accept it and unroot it myself. So after a long process I got it unrooted and running the latest stock rom and everything seemed to work except for one thing. When I transfered all of the Music files from my previous phones microSD(16gb) to my new one(64gb) none of the music files worked. All of them wouldn't play and the phone would say it can't open the file or something like that. So I tried formating the microSD and trying to put the files on the microSD again and still the files wouldn't play. I had to format the card through the phone itself and transfer the files through Samsung Kies just for 3/4 of the music to work. I can deal with 3/4 but now when I transfer a video file weather through Kies or straight to the folder none of the files play. When trying to play them nothing shows or sounds it's just black screen, you can fast foward or skip but nothing shows. I never thought I would have this much trouble with this phone but it appears as though there's a virus on the phone or card or something that is preventing video and music files to play. Even when trying to play files from the phone on Windows Media Player or any other music/video player the files don't play. Please help me I have no idea what to do. Thanks in advance.
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You need to flashed a kernel that support exFAT format for 64gb or you can format your 64gb to FAT32 format, but for me i prefer to Saber Kernel and i don't need to format my micro sd card, you could try there are other kernels available for stock rom you can find them here...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1987541
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You need to flashed a kernel that support exFAT format for 64gb or you can format your 64gb to FAT32 format, but for me i prefer to Saber Kernel and i don't need to format my micro sd card, you could try there are other kernels available for stock rom you can find them here...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1987541
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So you're saying it's the microSD's format? It has nothing to do with the fact that the phone was rooted and that it might have a bug? Would kind of make sense because when I put the 16gb sd card in the phone all of the music files work. So it's the format, but I need a kernel? I have also found that whenever I connect the phone to my PC let's say a day after I last connected it, I have to run USB connections on Kies and it has to reinstall the drivers for the phone just to actually see the files on the phone. It'll show the phone but it wont show anything inside it just shows blank. Excuse me if I'm coming off idiotic, I have no experience with this phone or 64gb microSD cards lol
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So you're saying it's the microSD's format? It has nothing to do with the fact that the phone was rooted and that it might have a bug? Would kind of make sense because when I put the 16gb sd card in the phone all of the music files work. So it's the format, but I need a kernel? I have also found that whenever I connect the phone to my PC let's say a day after I last connected it, I have to run USB connections on Kies and it has to reinstall the drivers for the phone just to actually see the files on the phone. It'll show the phone but it wont show anything inside it just shows blank. Excuse me if I'm coming off idiotic, I have no experience with this phone or 64gb microSD cards lol
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Since you're unrooted, you can't flash a new kernel so you may want to dismiss that last thing.
Have you tried only one 64gb microSD? It seems that your card may be bad or it's not formatted correctly for the stock firmware... I would test out another 64gb card and see if that works since the 16 works just fine.
Edit: Sorry... a little vague... the card needs to be formatted as Exfat if you can do that through Windows, that should work in case the card is actually in good condition.
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Since you're unrooted, you can't flash a new kernel so you may want to dismiss that last thing.
Have you tried only one 64gb microSD? It seems that your card may be bad or it's not formatted correctly for the stock firmware... I would test out another 64gb card and see if that works since the 16 works just fine.
Edit: Sorry... a little vague... the card needs to be formatted as Exfat if you can do that through Windows, that should work in case the card is actually in good condition.
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I don't have any other 64gb microSD cards, the one I have came with the phone. The logo and everything on the card have faded out so I don't know what brand but I think it's sandisk. I don't know at this point I'm thinking it has to be the card because I've tried nearly everything and it's still not working the way I want it to. I formatted it using Windows UGI to FAT32 since thats what you said and that was the same format as the 16gb and sure enough most of the music works with some not working. So I tried putting movies on the card and once I didn't see a preview on the bottom left I knew it wasn't going to work. Seems like the card is bipolar I have a 32gb micro I'll try that, it's brand new still haven't used it, should I just put it in and see if it works or should I format it to FAT32? By the way Thanks again really appreciate your help!
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I don't have any other 64gb microSD cards, the one I have came with the phone. The logo and everything on the card have faded out so I don't know what brand but I think it's sandisk. I don't know at this point I'm thinking it has to be the card because I've tried nearly everything and it's still not working the way I want it to. I formatted it using Windows UGI to FAT32 since thats what you said and that was the same format as the 16gb and sure enough most of the music works with some not working. So I tried putting movies on the card and once I didn't see a preview on the bottom left I knew it wasn't going to work. Seems like the card is bipolar I have a 32gb micro I'll try that, it's brand new still haven't used it, should I just put it in and see if it works or should I format it to FAT32? By the way Thanks again really appreciate your help!
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Try formatting to Exfat... it doesn't hurt to try at this point.
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Since you're unrooted, you can't flash a new kernel so you may want to dismiss that last thing.
Have you tried only one 64gb microSD? It seems that your card may be bad or it's not formatted correctly for the stock firmware... I would test out another 64gb card and see if that works since the 16 works just fine.
Edit: Sorry... a little vague... the card needs to be formatted as Exfat if you can do that through Windows, that should work in case the card is actually in good condition.
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I think he mention phone is rooted sorry if misread that part thats the reason i recommend to flashed kernel that support exFAT, actually as far as i know 64gb microsd card default format is already exFAT and 32 or 16gb is FAT32 and some are in exFAT. If doesnt want to flashed kernel then i recommend format sdcard from computer just plug in from card then right mouse that drive then format and select FAT32 format. If some instance your computer can't read your microsd card and cant format there is chance thar your microsd card maybe bad.
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If you can see the files in the player, and you can see the sd card directory using a file explorer, its not the card. I had to add two lines to my system settings file. I'm sorry I don't remember the file name or the content of the two lines. Maybe my comment will jog someone's memory.
xxxSuperserieSxxx said:
I think he mention phone is rooted sorry if misread that part thats the reason i recommend to flashed kernel that support exFAT, actually as far as i know 64gb microsd card default format is already exFAT and 32 or 16gb is FAT32 and some are in exFAT. If doesnt want to flashed kernel then i recommend format sdcard from computer just plug in from card then right mouse that drive then format and select FAT32 format. If some instance your computer can't read your microsd card and cant format there is chance thar your microsd card maybe bad.
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The phone is not rooted, it's running stock rom. I've already formatted the card a million times to exFat and still didn't work.
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If you can see the files in the player, and you can see the sd card directory using a file explorer, its not the card. I had to add two lines to my system settings file. I'm sorry I don't remember the file name or the content of the two lines. Maybe my comment will jog someone's memory.
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I can see the files but they do not work, At this point everything is leading to the problem being the card. I mean my other SD cards work with the phone and have no problem playing music or video files. I've tried nearly everything and the card still continues to malfunction.
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Try formatting to Exfat... it doesn't hurt to try at this point.
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I've formatted it to exFat a million times. That what I originally was formatting it to because windows quick format doesn't have a FAT32 option only exFat which was default and NTFS. exFat is not the problem.
It's looking more and more like SD damage...
Considering the fact that other cards work fine...
Copy your media to PC from the SD...and get a new card ?
I know it sucks...
And once the new card is installed...be "very" careful moving those files back as they may be messed up...
I'd pull a few songs from the PC after you copy them over and test them on another card to be sure before loading it to a new and expensive SD...
It sounds like the phone is fine...g
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I've formatted it to exFat a million times. That what I originally was formatting it to because windows quick format doesn't have a FAT32 option only exFat which was default and NTFS. exFat is not the problem.
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Try to format to NTFS first then format to FAT32 if doesn't work then maybe a bad microsd card
gregsarg said:
It's looking more and more like SD damage...
Considering the fact that other cards work fine...
Copy your media to PC from the SD...and get a new card ?
I know it sucks...
And once the new card is installed...be "very" careful moving those files back as they may be messed up...
I'd pull a few songs from the PC after you copy them over and test them on another card to be sure before loading it to a new and expensive SD...
It sounds like the phone is fine...g
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Well the card came free with the phone so I'm not too pissed. I'll just sell it and make it someone else's problem.lol
don't be a scumbag; if it doesn't work, don't make someone else's life miserable....throw it away or give it away...
Jcamacho228 said:
Well the card came free with the phone so I'm not too pissed. I'll just sell it and make it someone else's problem.lol
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Hummmm, as what the younger people say....REALLY?!?!?!? which I have found has lots of meanings.
really → a question, as an exclamation of dismay, disapproval, doubt, surprise, etc.
wase4711 said:
don't be a scumbag; if it doesn't work, don't make someone else's life miserable....throw it away or give it away...
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I'm not being a scumbag. The card works it's just has some problems but it works. I mean I don't know how the card would react on another phone or maybe someone would use it as their card for their camera I don't know. You're acting like it doesn't work at all and I'm going to try to screw somebody into buying a defective card.
Hi. I got my tablet not long ago. But I have some issues with sd card and video. It behaves strange. Sometimes i can't play even regular video files on sd. Even same video file. It shows cant be played, even with different players. And i cant download files from torrents on sd. What can be a problem? Thank you.
I have sd samsung pro 64gb class 10.
Have you rooted and thus full access to the sdcard?
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Have you rooted and thus full access to the sdcard?
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No I didnt.
I am also new to the Android world but I think this is the problem. Google denies read write access to the SD card for non-Google apps, like file explorers or video players. Would be great if someone else can confirm
Sometimes i can't play even regular video files on sd. Even same video file. It shows cant be played, even with different players. And i cant download files from torrents on sd. Wh
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I guess your video files are corrupted. that usually happens with unfinished torrent's files. double check their integrity.
you just can't dwld directly to SD without root. use internal memory instead and move files to SD when finished and you'll be fine.
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I fixed my sd card read and write problems even though I dont have an sd card... I really need to get one!
aldrighi said:
I guess your video files are corrupted. that usually happens with unfinished torrent's files. double check their integrity.
you just can't dwld directly to SD without root. use internal memory instead and move files to SD when finished and you'll be fine.
I tried. I mean i downloaded a video file to internal memory, it played. When i moved to SD card it stopped playing. Even when i moved back to internal
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are you sure you have formated the sd in fat? have you tested your sd working in other device? wich size of files you're talking about? Gbs per file?
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aldrighi said:
are you sure you have formated the sd in fat? have you tested your sd working in other device? wich size of files you're talking about? Gbs per file?
I formatted it on my tablet. I hope it did in right way. I didnt check on other devices. File size from 1gb to 2.5. Btw, I downloaded straight to sd card from PC a hole show season, about 9gb, avi format, when i just bought sd, and it works. All others video files in different formats doesnt play. I tried even to download from PC straight to SD card using PC sd adapter. Nothing.
P.S. File system exFAT on sd. Checked on pc
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And it looks like I cant root the tablet, because i have T807V 4G. I couldnt find any root methods for that model.
That's really very strange and I am running out of leads. last thing I would consider is to format the SD using sd format tool as regular fat. but it's just a shot.
try to get another sd just to eliminate possibility of device's fault.
hope anybody can spot what we are missing here.
I am not awared about rooting cause I'm looking for a knox 0 way. check cf-auto root thread and an expert user would help you.
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Hello folks, I bought my M8 3 weeks ago and it is rooted, unlocked bootloader, latest TWRP, stock sense ROM and elemental x kernel. I initially purchased a 32gb Samsung evo sd card but found myself maxing it within a few days with movies, then i bought a 64gb Samsung evo sd card and assumed all was well. I formatted the card and ran the external sd card patch app from the playstore which granted me write permission to the sd card (it is not possible on stock htc kernel but ss soon ss i flashed elementalx kernel it allowed me to write any data to the sd card).
But the problem is whenever i download a movie via utorrent and set the download path to the sd card, it downloads fine, but when i use my file explorer to check the sd card movie download folder, it shows the movie folder name but when i open the folder there is nothing inside or someimes it doesn't even show the movie folder at all, almost as if it was never even downloaded but if i switch back to utorrent, the movie is 100% downloaded and is uploading.
Sometimes, it actually downloads and i can see the movie in the folder, but when i click on the movir, it says 'Sorry unable to play thid file'. I have use astro file manager and es file manager, i have used diceplayer, mx player sand bs player. I don't think the file manager or the the media player is the problem. When i open settings and go to make more space, 10gb of my sd storage is being taken by these files but they are nowhere to be found on my sd card storage using a file manager. But i know these movies are on the sd card because it is taking up gigabytes of space.
I've tried to reformat the sd card, factory reset the phone e.t.c. but i am still having the ssme issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
Can any other apps write to the card? I'd also get myself a copy of root explorer. Have you tried searching for the files in question. They may not be in the folder you think they are.
Also the stock kernel does support sd card write access with patch. Might have to be s-off though.
What formats are the movies in? Try to copy a movie with a format you know works in and then do one with another format and check. I know certain formats don't work with HTC.
I'd also try and see if other movie watching apps can read it. If you don't mine me asking, when you formatted the card what did you format it too?
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What formats are the movies in? Try to copy a movie with a format you know works in and then do one with another format and check. I know certain formats don't work with HTC.
I'd also try and see if other movie watching apps can read it. If you don't mine me asking, when you formatted the card what did you format it too?
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Some are in mp4 and some are in matroska (mkv). I have already tried that and it didn't work before. I have tried diceplayer, bs player, mxplayer and the default htc player. The card was formatted on my htc one m8.
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Can any other apps write to the card? I'd also get myself a copy of root explorer. Have you tried searching for the files in question. They may not be in the folder you think they are.
Also the stock kernel does support sd card write access with patch. Might have to be s-off though.
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Yes, i know the stock kernel does not support it. Which was why i wrote in the op that i flashed elemental x before performing a successful write access patch.
Other apps can write to the card, i played the respawnables from the sd card, i can copy pictures and my nandroid backup. It's just my movies that sometimes copies into a folder which is empty inside or it full copies and then when i try to play, it shows me a sorry cannot play video file error on all the movie players i have tried from the playstore.
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Some are in mp4 and some are in matroska (mkv). I have already tried that and it didn't work before. I have tried diceplayer, bs player, mxplayer and the default htc player. The card was formatted on my htc one m8.
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Have you noticed one working more then the other? or do they both not show up. My suggestion is your reformat the sdcard on your computer instead of through your phone to be fully compatible with the movie files. I have an external 64gb and I have no issues. I formatted it through the computer though.
Also, try to restart your phone and check for the files, or using a different file explorer.
Nope. You didn't read my reply properly. The stock kernel DOES support sd card write access with patch.
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Nope. You didn't read my reply properly. The stock kernel DOES support sd card write access with patch.
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I understand that, but a 32gb sdcard is quite different then 64gb sdcard with the way its formatted and that's what I am worried about.
I'm using a samsung 64gb evo card no problems. Why not try a different torrent app. I prefer the kickass torrents app as it has more options and allows you to open the download folder direct from the app.
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I'm using a samsung 64gb evo card no problems. Why not try a different torrent app. I prefer the kickass torrents app as it has more options and allows you to open the download folder direct from the app.
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That is exactly what i'm using. A samsung evo 64gb. I will attempt to reformat it on a pc tomorrow.
I tried to grant write permission on the stock htc kernel but it didn't work with the 2 apps i found on the playstore. But it worked instantly with elemental x kernel.
Shall i reformat it on the pc with the memory card still inside the phone?
I'm guessing it's due to the file sizes. When the card is formatted as fat32 it has its file size limits.
Check some more on that note to get some specific info. Just a hunch
Mr Hofs said:
I'm guessing it's due to the file sizes. When the card is formatted as fat32 it has its file size limits.
Check some more on that note to get some specific info. Just a hunch
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Which software on windows would you recommend that I use to format the Samsung Evo 64gb SD Card and which format would you also recommend?
Big Bread said:
That is exactly what i'm using. A samsung evo 64gb. I will attempt to reformat it on a pc tomorrow.
I tried to grant write permission on the stock htc kernel but it didn't work with the 2 apps i found on the playstore. But it worked instantly with elemental x kernel.
Shall i reformat it on the pc with the memory card still inside the phone?
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I wouldn't recommend doing that no, if possible take it out of your phone and use an adapter to connect it to your computer. You want a direct connection to the sdcard.
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I wouldn't recommend doing that no, if possible take it out of your phone and use an adapter to connect it to your computer. You want a direct connection to the sdcard.
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I have an adapter, which format is your SD card in? I have formatted to FAT32 and when I transfer my movie files, some of it is lost in the LOST.DIR folder which I can't recover.
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I have an adapter, which format is your SD card in? I have formatted to FAT32 and when I transfer my movie files, some of it is lost in the LOST.DIR folder which I can't recover.
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Yeah you don't want to format to FAT32 thats for 32gb cards and below. For a 64gb you want to format it to exFAT. Thats how mine is formatted, and how it should come honestly. After that you shouldn't have any issues reading and running your movie files. According to this article video files over 4gb cannot be accessed which would be your issue with the files on a FAT32.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ht...nnot-handle-video-files-greater-than-4gb.html
so that could be your issue as well.
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Yeah you don't want to format to FAT32 thats for 32gb cards and below. For a 64gb you want to format it to exFAT. Thats how mine is formatted, and how it should come honestly. After that you shouldn't have any issues reading and running your movie files.
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It initially was in exFAT format when i formatted it on the phone but I still had the problems of files either not copying or not playing or being lost in he LOST.DIR folder, I am running a format on windows now and will give it another try.
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It initially was in exFAT format when i formatted it on the phone but I still had the problems of files either not copying or not playing or being lost in he LOST.DIR folder, I am running a format on windows now and will give it another try.
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Okay, I edited my reply. Added a few things so I'd take a look at that thread I posted as well, it might have your solution.
Try copying over the movie files to internal and see if they run.
.Ryker said:
Okay, I edited my reply. Added a few things so I'd take a look at that thread I posted as well, it might have your solution.
Try copying over the movie files to internal and see if they run.
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I have come across that thread before making this thread. The SD Card was initially in exFAT format but when the issues arose I formatted it to FAT32 and now I have reformated it using windows to exFAT. I'm copying the movie files now and will see what happens.
My movies are all 1080p but below 2gb file size, I have copied the movies to my limited internal storage and they work perfectly file. It is simply when I copy them to the SD Card that they become lost within the LOST.DIR or they copy and i get the Sorry cannont play video file error with any media player I download from the playstore.
Big Bread said:
I have come across that thread before making this thread. The SD Card was initially in exFAT format but when the issues arose I formatted it to FAT32 and now I have reformated it using windows to exFAT. I'm copying the movie files now and will see what happens.
My movies are all 1080p but below 2gb file size, I have copied the movies to my limited internal storage and they work perfectly file. It is simply when I copy them to the SD Card that they become lost within the LOST.DIR or they copy and i get the Sorry cannont play video file error with any media player I download from the playstore.
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This issue seems strange to me. I also have a 64gb card, formatted to fat32. I have no problems at all moving uTorrented movies from my downloads folder to extSD (I have a movie folder on ext, but I download to internal). Maybe try ES File Explorer to move them. That's what I'm using.
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This issue seems strange to me. I also have a 64gb card, formatted to fat32. I have no problems at all moving uTorrented movies from my downloads folder to extSD (I have a movie folder on ext, but I download to internal). Maybe try ES File Explorer to move them. That's what I'm using.
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Last night i fornatted to exFAT on windows using my sd card adapter, then i mounted it and downloaded 5 torrent movies directly to the sd card. I woke up this morning and discovered that the folder where those torrent movies were downloaded was empty. But somehow the movies are on the sd card and taking up space, but i iust can't find them.
When i download the torrent movies to the internal memory, it is fine, when i copy the torented file from internal to sd card, it is also fine. But it just seems impossible to download torrents directly to the sd card and bypass the copy from internal to external always procedure.
I will try FAT32 format on windows and download torrenrs directly to the sd card, i am hoping this will work as i am very tired of this issue. I invested a lot of money on this phone and this 64b samsung evo and i am so far not impressed.
Also in the op, i mentioned that i have tried astro and es file manager. But thanks.
Hello everyone.
My main issue for a few months has been the microSD card. Before I unlocked the bootloader, rooted and installed custom ROMs, my SD card worked fine, which was a SanDisk Ultra Class 10 32GB. After doing those things, my microSD card (or my phone) has been suffering a problem where it either corrupts or it disappears from the configurations of the phone, even after buying a SanDisk Ultra 64GB microSD card. I even unrooted, reinstalled the stock ROM and locked the bootloader but this keep happening.
This is incredibly frustating, because my main use for the card is Spotify, Netflix and Youtube Go! (I like to download everything on the highest quality possible) and every time it corrupts or dissapears I have to format the card and download everything once again. I even tried formatting it for internal storage but it dissapeared out of the blue other day just like it happens when it's setup as external storage.
Does anyone else have the same issue or know any fix to this?
It may be a hardware issue with the sd card reader
Exanneon said:
It may be a hardware issue with the sd card reader
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And only Motorola would be able to fix it?
A hardware specialist could, it's not just limited to Motorola workers.
I have similar problem/s
A. It takes a lot of time until card is ready
B. After it shows as ready, it can dissappear after a few min.
I u reinsert it, it takes more time, and sometimes fixes the issue.
The weird part. If it is ok, it will work like that until next reboot.
I really dislike this phone.
NM99 said:
Hello everyone.
My main issue for a few months has been the microSD card. Before I unlocked the bootloader, rooted and installed custom ROMs, my SD card worked fine, which was a SanDisk Ultra Class 10 32GB. After doing those things, my microSD card (or my phone) has been suffering a problem where it either corrupts or it disappears from the configurations of the phone, even after buying a SanDisk Ultra 64GB microSD card. I even unrooted, reinstalled the stock ROM and locked the bootloader but this keep happening.
This is incredibly frustating, because my main use for the card is Spotify, Netflix and Youtube Go! (I like to download everything on the highest quality possible) and every time it corrupts or dissapears I have to format the card and download everything once again. I even tried formatting it for internal storage but it dissapeared out of the blue other day just like it happens when it's setup as external storage.
Does anyone else have the same issue or know any fix to this?
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You don't need to format it
If it says sd card corrupted when you turn the phone on simply remove the sdcard (whilst the phone is still on) wait a few seconds then put it back in again
This works if formatted as external storage - not tried as internal as I don't see benefits in this
TheFixItMan said:
You don't need to format it
If it says sd card corrupted when you turn the phone on simply remove the sdcard (whilst the phone is still on) wait a few seconds then put it back in again
This works if formatted as external storage - not tried as internal as I don't see benefits in this
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It says SD card corrupted while using the cell phone. Like, let's put this situation:
I had downloaded all my Spotify songs in the highest quality they allowed, listened to them while coming back from University on a Tuesday night. I put my G5 to charge during my sleep. When I wake up the next day to go to work, I cannot access any of the music, because suddenly my SD card disappeared from the cell phones (if I go check in the settings, it says 24,59 GB instead of 84,06 GB). After a few minutes, the SD card re-appears but says it's corrupted.
Since creating this thread, I haven't added anything to the SD card and I never got the issue again, so I'm pretty sure it's something with the way Spotify files work.
NM99 said:
It says SD card corrupted while using the cell phone. Like, let's put this situation:
I had downloaded all my Spotify songs in the highest quality they allowed, listened to them while coming back from University on a Tuesday night. I put my G5 to charge during my sleep. When I wake up the next day to go to work, I cannot access any of the music, because suddenly my SD card disappeared from the cell phones (if I go check in the settings, it says 24,59 GB instead of 84,06 GB). After a few minutes, the SD card re-appears but says it's corrupted.
Since creating this thread, I haven't added anything to the SD card and I never got the issue again, so I'm pretty sure it's something with the way Spotify files work.
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Have you tried connecting your sd card to the pc and check for the available space ? If it does then copy the data to your pc, format your sd card (ControlPanel>Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Disk manager).
Then re-insert the blank sd card into your phone and see if it shows up.