I got a 32 g micro sd card. Foolishly I put it into a usb stick that doesn't support 32 g ( even though it reported 32gb) and started copying from my current card. It failed after a while and when I put it in to the X10a it said that it was damaged. I decided to allow it to format the card. It said that it was processing but the card was either blank or damaged. It wasn't mounted in the phone.
I downloaded the format sd card software from the SD card group pulled out a special high capacity sd card reader to use on a pc and the format software says that the card is write locked no matter what position the adapter slide lock is in. I tried two different m-sd adapters (sony and Kingston).
Any suggestions?
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SAME thing here... I wish somebody would respond to this post...
coopapi said:
SAME thing here... I wish somebody would respond to this post...
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I never updated. The card, a "Kingston" was a fake, confirmed by Kingston's RMA dept. I was able to get a refund from the ebay seller, and now for $40 more from a authorized seller, have a 'real' Kingston 32g card that came with a tiny SDHC USB adapter, so I can read the card in any USB 2.0 port.
Additionally, there are reported errors with the Android format. Never format with Windows. There is a special program from the SD Card Consortium to format the cards properly.
http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/ there is a version 2.0 and beta 3.0.
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Anyone using a large car in their s740?
I copied the contents of my 2GB card to a 16GB one, and the phone only recognises it as being 2GB still.
Is there any way of formatting the storage card using the phone?
Or is there a compatibility problem with 16GB cards?
I use a 8 GB card in the Rose and it works well....you hat to format the Storage with FAT 32!
No problem with 16GB on s743. Yes, format FAT 32
I've found the answer to my card problem- yesterday some kind soul went to the effort of sending me this message:
I noticed that you purchased a 'private item' from seller xoldskool. This most likely means you purchased some flash device (drive, card, mp3 player). I purchased several 32GB SDHC cards on ebay and discovered that all were fakes. Mine were actually 2GB or 4GB cards that were hacked to appear as 32GB. My computer reports them as having 32GB, but they really do not. The problem with this is that data will become corrupt and lost.
ALL flash media devices are suspect. Please test your device with the free program H2testw v1.4. Search for and download it.
There is information about this problem at SOSFakeFlash. Again, just search for it.
If yours is a fake give them negative followup to warn other buyers.
I opened a Paypal dispute to get a full refund and notified ebay.
I hope this is helpful to you and you don't lose any data.
Regards,
Annoying that I've been scammed, very glad to the guy who went to the effort of telling me!
I connected my HD2 to my laptop using activesync, then when I opened explorer on the PC to go to the /StorageCard directory, found that it wasn't there. So, I tried exploring to the directory in the HD2, but found that it couldn't see the card. I've shutdown the phone, taken out the MicroSD card, and hooked the MicroSD card up directly to my laptop, and it appears just fine, and I can copy/write to the card without issues. I've tried cleaning the contacts, and putting it back in the phone, but the HD2 still doesn't see the card.
Anyone else have this happen to them before? Any hints on what else I can try?
BTW, it's a Kingston 16GB MicroSD card, and it's been working reliably without any issue until today.
Right.. I tried putting in a newly formatted 2GB MicroSD card, and the HD2 was able to see it without problem. So I'm now backing up stuff from my 16GB Kingston MicroSD, and will probably re-format it to see if that will help.. Just a big hassle having to backup/copy back almost 15GB of stuff from the card..
During the backup process, there were a few files on the MicroSD that couldn't be read, so, could it be that the card is going bad?
OK. Finally finished backing up the MicroSD card, and reformatted it. After reformatting, the HD2 now SEEs the newly formatted card, I only have to copy stuff back onto the card, then I'm done..
I'll probably end up going out to buy a new card tomorrow as it's pretty obvious from today's "adventure" that this card is probably on its way out. Oh well, now that I have the data backed up, it should be relatively painless.
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OK. Finally finished backing up the MicroSD card, and reformatted it. After reformatting, the HD2 now SEEs the newly formatted card, I only have to copy stuff back onto the card, then I'm done..
I'll probably end up going out to buy a new card tomorrow as it's pretty obvious from today's "adventure" that this card is probably on its way out. Oh well, now that I have the data backed up, it should be relatively painless.
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I lost my 8GB Card few days back. Lost all the data... Atleast your card was readable on PC. Anyways good that you got your data back..
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i have had to reformat my card once because I accidently removed my phone from the PC without using "safely remove hardare" (aka right click and select eject) feature. formatted the card and restored from backup and all is well again.
Done! Copied files from backup to 16GB MicroSD, and the HD2 sees it.
There were altogether 4 unreadable/corrupted files from the MicroSD card when backing it up, but fortunately, none of these files were irreplaceable, luckily, as all these were MP3 songs, which I also have other copies on my laptop.
Tomorrow, I will take a look to see how much the new Sandisk 32GB MicroSD card is selling for here in Hong Kong. If it's not TOO expensive, I may end up buying one to replace the 16GB Kingston I'm using now. I remember reading somewhere that the HD2 is supposed to be compatible with up to 32GB, but has anyone actually tried the new Sandisk 32GB card in an HD2?
I've had a similar issue with my 16 GB Sandisk card. Strangely, my old TyTn II could read it absolutely fine - but my HD2 couldn't :/
Only way i found to fix it was to format it, then copy all the stuff back.
It's happened twice now and it's pretty annoying!
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Done! Copied files from backup to 16GB MicroSD, and the HD2 sees it.
There were altogether 4 unreadable/corrupted files from the MicroSD card when backing it up, but fortunately, none of these files were irreplaceable, luckily, as all these were MP3 songs, which I also have other copies on my laptop.
Tomorrow, I will take a look to see how much the new Sandisk 32GB MicroSD card is selling for here in Hong Kong. If it's not TOO expensive, I may end up buying one to replace the 16GB Kingston I'm using now. I remember reading somewhere that the HD2 is supposed to be compatible with up to 32GB, but has anyone actually tried the new Sandisk 32GB card in an HD2?
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I've been using a 32Gb Sandisk since June this year, with no problems. I've got about 27Gb on the card.
HTH
ebeam said:
I've been using a 32Gb Sandisk since June this year, with no problems. I've got about 27Gb on the card.
HTH
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Same here... No probems to date with a Sandisk 32GB Class 2 MicroSDHC card.
Best to all,
R
Ok. So I read another thread where someone was having SD card problems, but they're not the same as what's happening to me.
The microSD slot is working fine. I have an 8gb class 4 in there.
The dock SD slot isn't working right. I have a 32gb class 10 in it.
Symptoms:
If I pull the card from the dock and transfer files to it, it seems to be functional. However if I connect the dock via USB cable I am unable to transfer files to/from it...it's almost like the SD card is losing connection with the tablet. Anyone else had an issue with the dock's SD card slot?
Is the SD card actually OK? How long have you had it? I bought one when I bought my TFP a few weeks ago. Worked fine with my PC but not in the TFP. It was a Sandsk 32gb. There is a link on Sandisk's site to a test utility (not theirs). It reported the card as 'faulty'. Actually, it was a fake. Full refund later and I bought one elsewhere. That worked.
Called H2testw 1.4.
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Is the SD card actually OK? How long have you had it? I bought one when I bought my TFP a few weeks ago. Worked fine with my PC but not in the TFP. It was a Sandsk 32gb. There is a link on Sandisk's site to a test utility (not theirs). It reported the card as 'faulty'. Actually, it was a fake. Full refund later and I bought one elsewhere. That worked.
Called H2testw 1.4.
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Yeah, I've used a couple of different cards. I have a Patriot 32gb class 10 that I know to be good, and it's fresh out of the box. Already reformatted it and checked for errors before I posted.
I'm having problems with my dock's sd card slot also. I've tried a 2GB card, 1GB card, and a 4GB micro sd+adapter. None of them worked. The transformer doesn't seem to "see" them at all. No 'preparing storage' message, nothing appears in file manager, no sign of the sd card at all. They all work in my laptop. I've tried FAT, FAT32, and NTFS but no luck.
I've tried 2 different USB flash drives and they both worked fine. I just purchased the dock a couple weeks ago, and the transformer a couple months ago (serial B80*)
Is anyone else having the issue where the SD Card randomly unmounts itself and then remounts? I have already wiped and reformatted the card with the Note2 but the issue is still present. any solutions or answers?
I have the Tmobile version, but I have the same issue. I even did a full format of the card on my pc, but it made no difference. The card sort of works, but sometimes instead of the 'preparing sd card' I get the 'blank or unrecognized file system', and then I have to wait for the phone to go to sleep. It will usually wake up and recognize the card then, but all links to files on the card are broken. FYI, my card is a SanDisk 32GB Class 4. I tried an older 8GB card and did not have the issue, but then again, my 32GB card worked for a month with no issues. Very perplexed.
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I have a Sandisk Ultra 32GB card. I only have music on it which I've only tested out a couple times, but never had this issue pop up at any point. Perhaps it is the format of the card? I do not remember reformatting mine before putting stuff on it. If you can, try testing another card or putting yours in another device to see if it's the card itself.
I had a 32GB Class 6 Sandisk Ultra, which was also used and worked perfectly in my GS3.
I went to my verizon store had my phone replaced.. threw the SD card back in, and it still had the issue. Put a normal 16 GB SD card in it, haven't had the issue yet. So I guess somewhere in the process of switching between my GS3 and the Note2 the card somehow got corrupted or broke??
Looks like I'll be buying a 64GB class 10 card soon lol
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I have a Sandisk Ultra 32GB card. I only have music on it which I've only tested out a couple times, but never had this issue pop up at any point. Perhaps it is the format of the card? I do not remember reformatting mine before putting stuff on it. If you can, try testing another card or putting yours in another device to see if it's the card itself.
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Me too. Class ten and no problems.
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Has any one had issues with types of SD card this device takes? I've put in a 16 gig class ten sandisk ultra SD card and it works fine. I recently bough a 128gig SD card integral Class 10 and after a couple of hours of working fine it comes up with SD card removed. Ive sent the card back and got a new 128 gig card but the same happens. I have read this phone can support 256gig so is there a certain type of card it needs? The card works fine in a PC.
Any help would be great.
Cheers
Baker0
Baker0 said:
Has any one had issues with types of SD card this device takes? I've put in a 16 gig class ten sandisk ultra SD card and it works fine. I recently bough a 128gig SD card integral Class 10 and after a couple of hours of working fine it comes up with SD card removed. Ive sent the card back and got a new 128 gig card but the same happens. I have read this phone can support 256gig so is there a certain type of card it needs? The card works fine in a PC.
Any help would be great.
Cheers
Baker0
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Late reply but I've only had mine a week and it does the same. I suspect it doesn't like SDXC cards in certain speeds...testing is ongoing.
OK.Here. Using a 265gb SD card.
Did you Format it using the Phone ?
And did you remount it after. ?