I've had a 64mb sd card for too long now and it's about time I purchased a 256mb card. It seems there's never enough space!
So, I noticed from another guy that if I transfer all of the data from one card to another and then put the new card in, it recognises it's a new card and all of the programs have to be reinstalled!!!
Is there a smart, easy way to fool the XDA into thinking it has the same SD Card but with more space?
Cheers
Keith
I haven't heard of what you're saying. Do you have a link to a discussion thread somewhere?
We found this out when a 64mB card was swapped for a 256mB card. Prior to doing this swap, the data on the old card was copied to the new one (on a PC) but the XDA seemed to know that this wasn't the original card. Anyone any ideas how to get around this?
Cheers
Keith
is the sdcard label the same ?
I take it you are takling about the makes of card? If yes then no....
The 64mB card is Maxell and I can't remember the other one but it definitely isn't Maxell. Do you think a different manufacturer has something to do with it?
We thought it might be the XDA being too smart by embedding a code somewhere into the root of the card, etc.
Keith
no label not brand
label is also used for harddisks
so you can label your harddisk joe or bigwilly or something like that
if the label on the cards are not the same then myabe that could be why
And where would I find the 'label' for the SD Card?
Also, I've copied the data from the old card to the new card using my laptop. Everything still works okay!!! So they must have the same label. It would be nice to find out where I can see this label.
Cheers
Keith
this tool should tell and let you change it i'm sure it's stated somewhere in the mw2003 aswell
http://www.softwinter.com/storagetools.html
Keep in mind that swapping cards and transferring data to a new card are
different acts and should always be followed by a soft reset, it works a little different with a two card slot device though! :wink:
HTH
Thanks for all of the info. I'll try this program when I get 5 minutes peace.
Thanks again
Keith
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Hi
Anyone using a class 10 Memento 32gb Micro Sd Card.
I am having problems with this - it tends to get damaged and i lose all the data.
it has already happened twice to me
Anyone having similar problem with such a card - or not having such problem with such a card?
Ken
sounds like a fake to me, I got a card of ebay once, 32gb that was actually 4gb or 8gb cant remember. Works fine till the limit is hit, or data gets put on the part that dont exist.
Take it out of the phone, put in reader, connect to pc, format, copy some major size files to it's capacity. Then you will know if it's very faulty or very fake.
I bit the bullet and got a lexar class10 32gb and very impressed with it
Let me know how you get on
Search would have revealed same question same brand of card .
jje
Jje
Sorry yet can't understand what you are saying?
Can you please clarify?
Ken
If you searched the forum via the search button or had a good memory
then you will have found similar post as you made
Memento card not working properly ..
my reply to that post was never heard of that make of card least from memory it was that make of card
add to that the multiple posts of 32GB cards not working properly as they are fakes .
Test card with sd card tester my suggestion .
jje
Hi
Thanks for your reply
i inserted card into sd card holder and inserted in pc - i did a scan disk and got no errors.
i tried trasnfering 6gb of data and it transfered.
Is there any more testing i can do?
Ken
copy the 6gb file again and again till you fill 32gb
I have an 8GB SD card in my Photon that used to show up just fine, but now the contents are no longer accessible. Under file manager, it says no SD card is present. But I also use App2SD and all the apps (games mostly) that I had moved over to it are still working. I can launch those games just fine and even in the App2SD app, it shows my SD card (total space and used space) along with all the apps on it.
When I take this same SD card out and plug it into my Win7 PC, all the old contents are still there (pictures, music, videos). I can view/listen to them just fine, so the SD card is good.
So I'm not sure wtf is going on. The only thing that I did that may have caused this was installing QuickPic. When I first launched it, it tried to do an index of all my content on the SD card. But now when I launch it, it says no SD card is present. I've rebooted several times, powered off/on, reseated the SD card, but the end result is the same.
Anyone have a clue on what I should do (short of formatting starting over)?
In file manager are you browsing to /mnt/sdcard-ext ?
I was able to browse there under QQPlayer, but it was empty. For File manager, I simply select SD Card (choices are Internal Phone Storage, SD card, Shard folders) and it says "Please insert memory card". But for further testing, I installed Zedge and moved it over to the SD card with App2SD. It still allowed me to do that and the app still worked.
Lemme guess....el cheapo no-name branded micro sd card ?
Wintec or some other crap ?
Time to go buy another....this one is toast with no butter
n2ishun said:
Lemme guess....el cheapo no-name branded micro sd card ?
Wintec or some other crap ?
Time to go buy another....this one is toast with no butter
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Keep guessing, it's a Sandisk. And like I said in the OP, it works fine in the PC and in the Photon, as far as App2SD is concerned, just not with the rest of the phone.
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Keep guessing, it's a Sandisk. And like I said in the OP, it works fine in the PC and in the Photon, as far as App2SD is concerned, just not with the rest of the phone.
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And this negates the fact it is a bad card exactly how ?
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And this negates the fact it is a bad card exactly how ?
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And you think it's a bad card exactly how? Are you reading my posts or just randomly responding with crap? If the best of your troubleshooting skills is to replace the suspect part, then point taken. However, I disagree.
So for other folks on the forum that have some basic troubleshooting skills, here's something else I've done to test. I've placed the SD card back into my old HTC Eris and the card works fine in there as well. So my guess is that the issue is somewhere in my Photon. Just not sure if it's the hardware or software.
Then live with a bad card
I have had issues with my sdcard, but not to the extent you seem to have. I swapped the Radioshack Photon for a Best Buy Photon last night to get a hunski back and backed all my apps up with astro. The only thing my new Photon recognizes are the pictures I had from the old Photon. My wallpapers, ringtones, apps, etc... are not seen by new one and Astro does not find any backed up apps. AND its a new 8gb ScanDisk. Weird.
Finally did a factory reset on my phone but still kept getting the same behavior. Called up Sprint, got a support ticket number and walked into a Sprint store for them to test it further. 2 other known good SD cards were failing to mount on my phone. Tried them on another new Photon and they worked, including mine. Luckily, I was within the 30 days period and was able to simply get my phone swapped out. POS Motorola...
Ok i know theres a sim card slot, and 16gb of internal storage but im looking to see if there is a external slot for a Micro SD. I saw a post somewhere saying something about a MicroSD and another card possibly. but on the major sites like sprint. It only says 16 internal. nothing about external of having it or not.
Yes im aware of it being a stupid question but I see a site saying it does but then every other site doesnt even mention it.
It has an microSD card slot under the battery door. No need to remove the battery to extract the card.
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ok Thank you very much for the quick reply and a answer :-D i hit the thanks button for you.
I bought a no name 64GB Class 10 MicroSD card to replace my 32GB but I can't seem to get my data transferred over cleanly. I've formatted it numerous times (exFAT) both on my PC and my GNote. I have the 32GB card backed up to my PC. I've tried copying from my phone (32GB) to the PC (64GB) and vice versa. Sometimes it will go all the way through without a problem but always only some of the files and folders are copied correctly. Other times, it will throw one of several different errors and the stuff that looked had been copied will vanish. For example, this morning I was copying certain files, essentially one by one and checking in ES File manager to see if they were on the phone's external SD card (64GB) and they were. Then after doing this for a bout an hour it would hiccup and everything I'd copied over and verified with ES File Manager would be gone!?
If it matters, I'm running Windows 8 PC with 4GB ram and 1.31 TB of HD storage. On my Gnote i've tried it with both a stock ICS TW ROM and JellyBeer 4.1.0 with no joy. I've done a bunch of searches here and on Google but nothing seems on point. If it's a bad SD Card, how do I test for that?
When I had a weird problem like that it turned out the SD card was fake. This program determines your actual SD card size.
http://fightflashfraud.wordpress.co...ld-standard-in-detecting-fake-capacity-flash/
Other then that, fat32 is what you should use in Android. Maybe even try letting the phone format the card through settings/ storage. Be advised there will be data loss so backup anything beforehand.
scariola said:
When I had a weird problem like that it turned out the SD card was fake. This program determines your actual SD card size.
http://fightflashfraud.wordpress.co...ld-standard-in-detecting-fake-capacity-flash/
Other then that, fat32 is what you should use in Android. Maybe even try letting the phone format the card through settings/ storage. Be advised there will be data loss so backup anything beforehand.
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Thanx! I'll check it out and report back.
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Thanx! I'll check it out and report back.
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Thanx Scariola! You were right. It was a 4GB card masquerading as a 64GB card.
DaElderGeek said:
Thanx Scariola! You were right. It was a 4GB card masquerading as a 64GB card.
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sorry that this was the way to find out. No name high capacity SD cards would be a red flag.
I even had a couple that said Kingston 32gb which were actually 2gb. Flea bay and craigslist at its worst.
Thanks for reporting back. Hopefully more people are aware of the SD card validator link I posted now.
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sorry that this was the way to find out. No name high capacity SD cards would be a red flag.
I even had a couple that said Kingston 32gb which were actually 2gb. Flea bay and craigslist at its worst.
Thanks for reporting back. Hopefully more people are aware of the SD card validator link I posted now.
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The validator is certainly in my toolbox now. Thanx again. It takes forever to run on the large capacity drive but it was definitely worth. The white lettering is beginning to smudge. Really low class work. I'm getting my money back . . . I think. I think the poor schlub who sold it to me bought and is selling a bunch of them. I think he now knows how exposed he is.
Hi Folks,
now i snatched me an ZU because teh price tag of 222€ was to tempting. Mainly because i like strange phone Sizes... and why carry two devices, when you can have one awkwardly big one ^^
Now, I have an SanDisc Ultra 64GB Class 10 Card...
And guess what, when i fire up Comic Rack, it tells me that the SD Card is removed and tries to read it again.
Now is the Card Broken? I formated the card new, and after two tries my Laptop was able to format it? Sonds like something is messed up in the Card?
I still have warranty on the Card? so is it best to just send it back and get a replacement?
Thanks in advance.
EDIT:
I'm pretty sure the card is done. Walkman always freezes when it tries to read from the card
And it's said again that the card is removed.
Even with no activity at all the card struggles and is removed from device.
Thread is done. Mods can delete.
Thx guys