External SD card and G PAD... try to clarify - G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Do you have an external microsd mounted on your G PAD?
They work... OR seem to work?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sdcardmonitor
Please use the above apps and show your results!
install app and use your tablet, put it in sleep mode when not used (don't turn off over night) and post:
brand, size of card and formatting system... fat32, exfat etc.
system rom and version
rooted?
custom recovery or not and version
results of apps and time interval of use.
Trying to collect as many data for statistical purpose and to know why for some people external sd show problems.
Thanks.

No one have problems? All of us are skeptical?
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parsifal968 said:
No one have problems? All of us are skeptical?
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I installed the app yesterday and was shocked to find 19 bad dismounts this AM. I also installed it on one of my phones and another tablet. Guess what no bad dismounts. What the heck could be causing this behavior only on the G Pad?
I'm running LG 20b with TWRP recovery and a 64 GB GSkill SD card.

Just installed… will report back with results.
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parsifal968 said:
Do you have an external microsd mounted on your G PAD?
They work... OR seem to work?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sdcardmonitor
Please use the above apps and show your results!
install app and use your tablet, put it in sleep mode when not used (don't turn off over night) and post:
brand, size of card and formatting system... fat32, exfat etc.
system rom and version
rooted?
custom recovery or not and version
results of apps and time interval of use.
Trying to collect as many data for statistical purpose and to know why for some people external sd show problems.
Thanks.
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I was curious. I will test and then I report too.

After 12 hours….so far no dismounts.
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No errors detected on mine. I'm running the new 20d ROM.
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Downloaded too, will start testing from... now
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Here several unmounts and mounts,several times a day. But only its in standby modus. When i use it,never had an unmount...
Strange ... The process media is not high in the processes that eats the battery. And the last time before i restarted the device, i thought that the problem was solved spontanious...
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After 24 hours…. No dismounts.
SanDisk Ultra Plus, 64GB, FAT 32
SlimKat 4.4.3
TWRP 2.7.1.0
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Seven hours in, no issues at all.
I'm using a SanDisk ultra plus too (32GB), fat32, running infecteds SlimKat.
I'll update this tomorrow.
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So yesterday I swapped out my SD card with the one in my phone. Its a 32 GB Sandisk that the previous day showed no dismounts at all. Just checked my G Pad and in 14 hours I had 17 bad dismounts. On my phone the Gskill that was in the tablet shows no issues at all.
So it is 100% a problem with the G Pad. It just seems strange that some have no issues at all. I'm wondering if it has to do with the way the sd card is used. I use foldermount and have about 30 GB of games and data that I'm constantly using. As others have stated I never get a dismount while in use only when the tablet sleeps for more than 10 minutes.
I sent in a service inquiry to LG and maybe they can supply an answer. I'm betting that this is why I've had 3 dead SD cards in the G Pad since I've owned it.

Can it caused by foldermount? Somebody who does not use foldermount and has the unmount issue ?
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magnum73 said:
Can it caused by foldermount? Somebody who does not use foldermount and has the unmount issue ?
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I don't use any SD card apps. I only use my SD card for media… books, videos, etc. I do not store any apps or app data on the card.
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I'll see if foldermount is causing my dismounts. I just flashed 20b fresh and will not install anything else and see what my results are.

I also stopped the mounting in the app itself...and now see waht the result is... after one hour still no unmount of the sdcard . Fingers crossed...
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---------- Post added at 09:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:06 PM ----------
Damn...just had an unmount... so foldermount is safe !
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So with a fresh install worse than ever. So its for sure a problem with my tablet
EDIT got a reply back from LG stating that no other reports concerning this have been reported
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Here is mine...
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Over 24 hours passed, and any unexpected unmount occurred so far.
My specification:
Stock ROM 4.4.2 - V50020a - Updated via OTA
Stock recovery
Rooted (IOroot25)
Kingston microsdhc 32Gb class 10 - FAT32.
But in the past, has happened to me 3 times, the unexpected unmount. What I did however, already posted in another thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52630711#post52630711
And until now not happen again.
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Hugo-PT said:
Over 24 hours passed, and any unexpected unmount occurred so far.
My specification:
Stock ROM 4.4.2 - V50020a - Updated via OTA
Stock recovery
Rooted (IOroot25)
Kingston microsdhc 32Gb class 10 - FAT32.
But in the past, has happened to me 3 times, the unexpected unmount. What I did however, already posted in another thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52630711#post52630711
And until now not happen again.
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Tried that fix and in my case did not help. About 90 minutes ago my card disappeared completely. I removed it and put it in my reader and there was 719 errors that got repaired. Card works again in tablet but still dismounts continuously. I'm going to install another rom and monitor what happens. If another rom does the same I'll be getting another tablet asap. Kind of wished I had never noticed this thread because I thought everything was cool after removing link2sd

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[Q] I have a 15Gigs micro SD n my stuff delete randomly

Some of my pictures disappear and my movies n videos and this happen twice in the last month. I formatted my memory card and then install everything again and then like two weeks later most of my stuff just disappear does any one know what could be happening . I scan for viruses n found non in my stuff. It's a microcenter memory card thanks
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Did you get it from the internet?
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No the store
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Try formatting it on your computer. Back up your information first of course.
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I did the first time ( it was still in my phone but as a disk to computrt)
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I've had the same issue with the stock SD card. It didn't happen until after I rooted and flashed MIUI. Can't imagine that has anything to do with it. I keep a constant back up of any new picture I take on my computer. It hasn't happened recently though. (Knock on wood)
I'm just saying it is obviously an issue, but not necessarily with YOUR sd card or the fact that its a 16gig. Weird stuff.
Haha yea I know I did flash miui to :\
I'm hoping its a bug I don't want to get another SD card to much time to put everything back in it
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[Q] I can not write to SD card

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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yes
DocHoliday77 said:
Have you reformatted the card?
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I've reformatted the card like 4 times now. Its not working very well.
format file
Reasons4Android said:
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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Reasons4Android said:
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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DocHoliday77 said:
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?

Link2SD problem

What does the following error in link2SD mean?
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I have enough space on my partition so I don't understand the problem
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not sure but i am having problems also with 64gb sd so i would probably think it's the same with too big partition, it's advised to be less than 1GB
hopefully it sorts out the problem after testing
Sorry this maybe off topic but undisputed guy what rom you using? And how did you remove am/pm from status bar
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I'm using Gin2JB. I think AM/PM goes once you change it to 24 hour time format
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tezlewis1988 said:
not sure but i am having problems also with 64gb sd so i would probably think it's the same with too big partition, it's advised to be less than 1GB
hopefully it sorts out the problem after testing
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The strange thing is that I had it working fine but then I wiped my partition (not before moving the apps2SD) because it was full and now it doesn't work
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UndisputedGuy said:
I'm using Gin2JB. I think AM/PM goes once you change it to 24 hour time format
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How I that that rom for gaming against nxt le because I use nxt le with a visualization mod wich makes it look alot better is gin2jb just gb themed to look nicer?
And haha how stupid of me not to realise that lol thanks mate
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Gin2JB is just gingerbread themed to look like Jellybean. It works well and gaming is smooth although I do experience bad lag on some games such as the amazing Spider-Man. Not sure how it compares to NXT as I've not used it.
Regarding link2SD, I got everything linked eventually by persisting but then saw that my 1.5GB partition was somehow full which I didn't understand. I don't get how apps could take up over 1.5GB so I decided to move everything back onto the SD card and try linking them again. Don't really know what I was thinking. This led to the phone displaying and having less than 1mb internal storage which meant I could barely do anything. I moved 2apps to the SD card from settings to free up some memory but I don't know why it did that as I already moved them to SD using link2SD.
Anyways, my problem currently is why my whole 1.5GB is being filled up? Why is it taking that much storage?
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Less than 1GB partion? Oh Dear.. My partion's 2.5GB and its fine. Im running a 32gb SD though and my phone decided to move all of my apps back to internal storage.. Sigh. And I dont think its booting up anymore. >.<
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Less than 1GB partion? Oh Dear.. My partion's 2.5GB and its fine. Im running a 32gb SD though and my phone decided to move all of my apps back to internal storage.. Sigh. And I dont think its booting up anymore. >.<
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I had a 2GB partition on my 32GB SD but this 64GB card is causing problems without a partition.
Is it normal for a 1.5GB partition to be filled up using only link2sd?
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Well, My partitions 2.5GB with only 0.9GB space left. So I think ive used 1.6GB alone. >.< I only have 404 apps altogether according to Link2SD (Including System Crap)
Thanks for the reply. Looks like i need to make my partition bigger then.
On a slightly related note, why isn't TB restoring my missing apps with data? It either fails or says the batch restore is finished yet i have nothing. I just need tetris and bruce lee as they can't be had from the play store
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Constant "Media" battery drain...

I did a search and found one or two threads with a few suggestions but all went cold after a few pages...I have followed those threads suggestions and have reformatted my internal and external SD cards along with a factory data reset with no avail. I'll attach a screenshot...thanks xda'ers for any help you can offer.
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Btw I'm currently stock rooted...thanks again guys
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Got any apps that would keep using Media service? When you force stop it does it come back again?
Yeah it does but I can't figure out which app would be the cause...been monitoring with better battery stats and doesn't list a contributor. Uninstalled music hub with titanium backup and I don't use Google music...can't seem to lock down the cause.
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You use stock browser?
You could try Avast Mobile Security. It has a feature called Network Meter that shows each apps MiB usage. Good luck!
I use Next launcher...thanks for the input guys I'll keep ya posted
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Avast was informative but only listed the same results as battery in settings...didn't specify. Thanks for the suggestions guys!
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Update...Media scanner continues to run
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Which release of stock rooted are you on?
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Media scanner running is often a function if background syncage or of playing media.
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Which release of stock rooted are you on?
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Stock rooted MC2
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Skripka said:
Media scanner running is often a function if background syncage or of playing media.
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Yeah I've been trying to figure out if that's the case but I keep sync off and mostly just watch movies I've put on my ext sd card..maybe my sd card is the problem?
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What size is your sd card? I had this happen with a 32 gb one time. Switched to 16 and all has been fine. It also might be a corrupt file on the sd if it is the sd.
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Yeah I've got a 32 gb, have had it in this thing since I got it when the note 2 came out...haven't had any issues until recently. I did notice when I popped it out overnight then put it back in today the media scanner went nuts for a while (the pic I attached)
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patrao_n said:
What size is your sd card? I had this happen with a 32 gb one time. Switched to 16 and all has been fine. It also might be a corrupt file on the sd if it is the sd.
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this ^^^ may be your issue. a corrupt image,music,video file somewhere on your sd. a lot of ppl say to back up everything on yer sd card to a pc, and then reformat, then add back the contents. i know that stopped it for some. otherwise youll have to figure out what file is corrupted.
when i had a corrupted file, it was a picture that had about 80% of the image on it and the other 20% was just grey. (yep that was corrupted) so i deleted it..
this wonderful app also stops your 'media' process/scanner. you can disable it and enable it and it worked wonders for me in the past, but now CarbonRom has a media scanner toggle built in
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.addz.mediascannerroot please read description and use at your own risk.. like maybe make a nand first.
just an FYI, the service that gets very high when youre listening to lots of music is 'mediaserver' - which is not related to the 'media' process
Thanks to everyone for all of your input! You guys have been a huge help knocking this little annoyance out!!
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Yeah sounds like you're having issues with the external SD. Mediascannerservice is what scans for media on SD cards. I've had that issue before and it was a pita! Reformatted and everything was fine till I added all my files then it returned. One of the files (a movie) was no good. It got corrupted and would still play so I never thought anything of it till I tried *watching* the whole movie one day and it cut off with an unsupported message at like 40 mins through. Once I deleted that and rebooted never had the issue again.
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RayTrue04 said:
Yeah sounds like you're having issues with the external SD. Mediascannerservice is what scans for media on SD cards. I've had that issue before and it was a pita! Reformatted and everything was fine till I added all my files then it returned. One of the files (a movie) was no good. It got corrupted and would still play so I never thought anything of it till I tried washing the whole movie one day and it cut off with an unsupported message at like 40 mins through. Once I deleted that and rebooted never had the issue again.
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I'm thinking that's exactly my problem...I've reformatted it twice but still puts media scanner in overdrive. I've weeded out all the movies I'm bored with and only left a few..today it's a little better but still kept cpu awake running for ten min. Thanks for your input!
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I would like to say thanks to everyone after finding this thread and reading everyone post I did find a bad video and thats was what was causing my media wake lock thanks again everyone :thumbup: on this
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[Q] 64gb SD Card

Anybody have one in their Pro? I'm using a 16 gb one I used with my LGOG but with my backups and music files growing I'm thinking of upgrading. If so any brand recommendation?
I'm using a 64gb in my e980. Has to be formatted to fat32 however so it can be used in twrp or cwm.
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Can you do that with simply with your phone or do you need windows?
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personnaly when i format to Fat32 on windows my 64Gb fall to 27Gb...
don't know it it's normal
smaybe said:
personnaly when i format to Fat32 on windows my 64Gb fall to 27Gb...
don't know it it's normal
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Have you tried this:
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/window-on-windows/format-fat32-drives-beyond-32gb-limit/5693
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Have you tried this:
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/window-on-windows/format-fat32-drives-beyond-32gb-limit/5693
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not sure if i tried this one !
thanks !!
That's simular to what I used to format mine. I never had the 32gb issue so it could be a windows format thing. I used cmd to format mine to fat32 using a script I found. I have it on my laptop at home but I'm not sure if the instructions were in the zip. I'll post it later when I get home from work.
addisonxi said:
Anybody have one in their Pro? I'm using a 16 gb one I used with my LGOG but with my backups and music files growing I'm thinking of upgrading. If so any brand recommendation?
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I am using SanDisk Micro SDHC 64gb and it works just fine straight out of the pack. So I guess SanDisk is a good suggestion
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AzureV said:
I am using SanDisk Micro SDHC 64gb and it works just fine straight out of the pack. So I guess SanDisk is a good suggestion
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Have you tried to access it in recovery? If it doesn't show you'll need to format it to Fat32.
Jammol said:
Have you tried to access it in recovery? If it doesn't show you'll need to format it to Fat32.
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Does NAndroid backup throught CWM count as accessing? If it does then I could access it just fine when I backup-ed my Note2 with the microSD inserted in. I never format it.
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What 64GB cards are everyone using? I just picked up a Sandisk Ultra 64GB Class 10 UHS-1 card and it won't work with my e980. Just curious if anyone else has used this or a similar card. Could it be my phone? I even used LG Flashtools to return to stock with no luck...
Using the same exact card. You need to plug it into your computer and format it to fat32. Natively, windows doesn't support fat32 on anything above 32gb but there are programs out there that do it.
This works perfectly.
http://tokiwa.qee.jp/EN/Fat32Formatter/
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