[Tip] SD Card - G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello guys,
I just share something I found and I hope it will help some people.
My SD card was incredibly slow, and apps using it just kept lagging, and sometimes crashing (Spotify, camera, gallery, perfect viewer, etc.). The whole phone was feeling laggy and freezing.
The problem was : my card was previously used in my Note 2 LTE with CM and Omni ROM and i changed the filesystem (and completely forgot about it). The G3 didn't prompt an error and the SD just worked, slowly but worked.
Just format the card from the G3 and everything should go back to normal
Not the tip of the year, but might be useful for some people.
Additionnal info : 64 go Samsung class 10 Card

nono_da_robot said:
Hello guys,
I just share something I found and I hope it will help some people.
My SD card was incredibly slow, and apps using it just kept lagging, and sometimes crashing (Spotify, camera, gallery, perfect viewer, etc.). The whole phone was feeling laggy and freezing.
The problem was : my card was previously used in my Note 2 LTE with CM and Omni ROM and i changed the filesystem (and completely forgot about it). The G3 didn't prompt an error and the SD just worked, slowly but worked.
Just format the card from the G3 and everything should go back to normal
Not the tip of the year, but might be useful for some people.
Additionnal info : 64 go Samsung class 10 Card
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Thanks, this helped me, it was transferring at 976Kb/s after the format it is going at 4Mb/s.

Hi, how do you test speed for your sd card?
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misteurz said:
Hi, how do you test speed for your sd card?
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SDTOOLS, A1 SD Bench.
All avaiable on Play Store.
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Bad4ss said:
Thanks, this helped me, it was transferring at 976Kb/s after the format it is going at 4Mb/s.
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I think 4mbps is still quite slow...
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veddandekar said:
I think 4mbps is still quite slow...
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lol... is MB (MEGABYTE) not Mb (MegaBit)!!!
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EpicChineseTime said:
lol... is MB (MEGABYTE) not Mb (MegaBit)!!!
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Yes, 4MB is stil slow...

Pfeffernuss said:
Yes, 4MB is stil slow...
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cheap card=slow speed

To actually see what your card's read/write speeds are and it's actual size, along with any bad sectors or so, you should use H2testw (it's free) with the card on a PC.
That's what I use to check and verify any cards that I purchase are legit and as advertised, even from big box stores, just in case.

hello00 said:
cheap card=slow speed
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Mine is a Kingston Class 10 64 GB. is that a crap card?

Bad4ss said:
Mine is a Kingston Class 10 64 GB. is that a crap card?
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whats the speed

veddandekar said:
I think 4mbps is still quite slow...
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Your screenshot is VERY impressive!
What kind of SD card and what file system do you use?
Am on Android 5.0 V20i and my EXT4 formatted Sandisk isn't recognised.
Funny enough though TWRP doesn't have any issues at the same time

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Video recording time limit?

Stock 4.0.4
Recorded some videos last night. Some suddenly stopped recording and dumped me out to the home screen. Reduced the resolution and tried again. A few went OK, but I was still dumped out a few times. I was NOT using the MMS setting.
Is this a known problem? Simple search didn't turn up anything.
How long did you get before being dumped? Were you recording to internal sd card or external? I have been having zero issues with mine up to 5 minutes at 1080p to extSD. Only limit you should have would be amount of available space. Far as I understand it anyways.
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Getz2oo3 said:
How long did you get before being dumped? Were you recording to internal sd card or external? I have been having zero issues with mine up to 5 minutes at 1080p to extSD. Only limit you should have would be amount of available space. Far as I understand it anyways.
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I was recording to the external card. Seems like I got about 2 or 3 minutes in before getting dumped. Some other videos recorded fine, even at 1080p.
mmarquis said:
I was recording to the external card. Seems like I got about 2 or 3 minutes in before getting dumped. Some other videos recorded fine, even at 1080p.
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Maybe you hit the 4GB file size limit for FAT32?
Slow SD card, maybe? Buffer fills up, card's write speed can't keep up, so video is dumped. My only thought. Maybe try a different card or record to internal and see if it changes anything.
jfp999 said:
Maybe you hit the 4GB file size limit for FAT32?
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Doubt that.
TheFiveDots said:
Slow SD card, maybe? Buffer fills up, card's write speed can't keep up, so video is dumped. My only thought. Maybe try a different card or record to internal and see if it changes anything.
Doubt that.
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I was thinking the same thing. Gotta be an read/write issue. .
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What are specs on your external card?
TheFiveDots said:
Slow SD card, maybe? Buffer fills up, card's write speed can't keep up, so video is dumped. My only thought. Maybe try a different card or record to internal and see if it changes anything.
Doubt that.
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I might check the card (it's really hard to get my Sedio case off). I thought it was Class 10; can't recall.
Class 10 shouldn't have read/write problem
My temporary 2GB sd card is only class 2. No issues.
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any new ??? i want to know if there is any way to recorder more than 60 minutes....
Press stop and restart right away?
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If u have them store in ur sd it depends on the size from what i hear not tried tho
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Are 128GB lexar cards supported?
They have up to x1000 which is 150mb/sec.

Internal phone memory slow?

The internal memory on my t989 is incredibly sluggish, there isn't a whole lot of storage being used. Only a few gigs. Tried to transfer a 200mb file onto the internal memory and it took 10 some odd minutes. :/
Could anyone provide me with some insight on speeding it up or should I just try and RMA the phone? Would I benefit from completely reformatting my t989?
Android Assistant in play store >>>>>>>
EpicPie said:
The internal memory on my t989 is incredibly sluggish, there isn't a whole lot of storage being used. Only a few gigs. Tried to transfer a 200mb file onto the internal memory and it took 10 some odd minutes. :/
Could anyone provide me with some insight on speeding it up or should I just try and RMA the phone? Would I benefit from completely reformatting my t989?
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What ROM are you on?? Sounds like your read cache is set to 128kb.
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internal memory is Class 10
it's pretty fast IMO
you just need to clean up some junks and not keep installing as much Apps/Games to the SD card
the more Apps you have, the slower it takes
AllGamer said:
internal memory is Class 10
it's pretty fast IMO
you just need to clean up some junks and not keep installing as much Apps/Games to the SD card
the more Apps you have, the slower it takes
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Pm sent sir
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RushAOZ said:
What ROM are you on?? Sounds like your read cache is set to 128kb.
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CM9 nightly. The latest one.

64 gb sd in note 2 corrupting files

Does anyone know why my sd card might be corrupting the files in my note 2. Its corrupting music video and photos. Its getting extremely annoying. I formatted to exfat and fat32 the phone is about to go out the window
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clip3009 said:
Does anyone know why my sd card might be corrupting the files in my note 2. Its corrupting music video and photos. Its getting extremely annoying. I formatted to exfat and fat32 the phone is about to go out the window
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Try a different card first. See if it's the card or the phone. RMA the culprit.
Would I be correct in assuming you have a Sandisk Card?
TMPOOLE said:
Try a different card first. See if it's the card or the phone. RMA the culprit.
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I have an 8gb and 16gb and they work fine. I was thinking that the phone might not support the card but idk.
Dmwitz said:
Would I be correct in assuming you have a Sandisk Card?
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Its a generic class 10 sdhc
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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
cynosure4sure said:
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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SD Card keeps Unmounting

M8 keeps unmounting my SD card (64GB Class 10) and now it doesn't even recognize until reboot. Keeps giving me errors about installing apps and doesn't work in recovery or for anything really because it keeps in mounting when it does work. Any suggestions on fix? Formatted the card on the phone btw
Airo18 said:
M8 keeps unmounting my SD card (64GB Class 10) and now it doesn't even recognize until reboot. Keeps giving me errors about installing apps and doesn't work in recovery or for anything really because it keeps in mounting when it does work. Any suggestions on fix? Formatted the card on the phone btw
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There are some issues with formatting the sd on the phone. Try formatting it to FAT32 on PC and give a feedback if it helped.
Hit "Thanks" if I was of any help.
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HTCNerdYoda said:
There are some issues with formatting the sd on the phone. Try formatting it to FAT32 on PC and give a feedback if it helped.
Hit "Thanks" if I was of any help.
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Gonna try that after work, hopefully it helps!
HTCNerdYoda said:
There are some issues with formatting the sd on the phone. Try formatting it to FAT32 on PC and give a feedback if it helped.
Hit "Thanks" if I was of any help.
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Formatted to Fat32 but now my phone won't even mount it
Airo18 said:
Formatted to Fat32 but now my phone won't even mount it
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That is wired . Just formatted mine to double check. Formatted my sd to FAT32 using my PC. and all is fine.
Which Windows are you using. Windows 7 is abled to format to FAT32, while Windows 8 isn't and would format to extFAT instead. But Android can not mount extFAT.
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HTCNerdYoda said:
That is wired . Just formatted mine to double check. Formatted my sd to FAT32 using my PC. and all is fine.
Which Windows are you using. Windows 7 is abled to format to FAT32, while Windows 8 isn't and would format to extFAT instead. But Android can not mount extFAT.
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Using Windows 7, have HP's format tool to format to Fat32. Took my 32GB card out of my Shield and it has no issues, while the 64GB works just fine in the Shield.. It's weird and kind of frustrating
Airo18 said:
Using Windows 7, have HP's format tool to format to Fat32. Took my 32GB card out of my Shield and it has no issues, while the 64GB works just fine in the Shield.. It's weird and kind of frustrating
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Yeah not hard to believe that. Sorry that it didn't help. But if I fully understand what your writing one of the cards is working and the other not, right!?
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HTCNerdYoda said:
Yeah not hard to believe that. Sorry that it didn't help. But if I fully understand what your writing one of the cards is working and the other not, right!?
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The 64GB works just fine, just not in the M8. The 32GB works in everything. Glad I haven't gotten the 128GB card if 64GB won't even work
Airo18 said:
The 64GB works just fine, just not in the M8. The 32GB works in everything. Glad I haven't gotten the 128GB card if 64GB won't even work
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Really weird, as I'm using a 64GB card in my M8. It's a Hama 64GB sdxc card.
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HTCNerdYoda said:
Really weird, as I'm using a 64GB card in my M8. It's a Hama 64GB sdxc card.
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Mines a sandisk, the extreme whatever its called. Should I ask T-Mobile about this since it's a refurbished one that came a few days ago?
HTCNerdYoda said:
Really weird, as I'm using a 64GB card in my M8. It's a Hama 64GB sdxc card.
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Could try this, yes. But if One works and the other doesn't I'd guess that it's an issue with the card.
Do you have some friend who has another 64GB card from some other manufacturer to check if it is a problem with the scandisc cards and Android?
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HTCNerdYoda said:
Could try this, yes. But if One works and the other doesn't I'd guess that it's an issue with the card.
Do you have some friend who has another 64GB card from some other manufacturer to check if it is a problem with the scandisc cards and Android?
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It works in my shield though

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