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i have a pny class 10 16 gig sdcard.. when i go into sd & phone storage it says its only 14.91 gb??? why is that??? i just downloaded the app sd tools and it says the same thing!! 14.91!!!!!!! ?????????
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I'm pretty sure you are missing space because it is necessary for an sd card that size to have in unallocated partition of about 1gb. You *might* be able to resize it. All sd cards don't allow the user to use up the amount of space they claim to have.
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This.......
so its normal.. im all set? is there anything i can do to make it better??? yes im still a noob!!!
evod3 said:
so its normal.. im all set? is there anything i can do to make it better??? yes im still a noob!!!
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No and whatever you do DON'T LISTEN TO BLOODRAIN!!!
Use maid sd card
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Its normal. Leave it how it is. My 16 gb came 14.xx gb do your good.
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There is a difference between bits and bytes, when you buy something ie 16GB card you are getting 16000000000 bytes, that translates to 14.91gb. You will NEVER buy something that says x amount of GB and it show up as that amount usable
. So multiply any advertised amount by .923 and you get the usable amount
NewZJ said:
There is a difference between bits and bytes, when you buy something ie 16GB card you are getting 16000000000 bytes, that translates to 14.91gb. You will NEVER buy something that says x amount of GB and it show up as that amount usable
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cool i thought something was up with me sdcard.. thanks for geting back
I'm too late for this but may help for future doubts. Every GB has 1024 MB and don't 1000 as we usual say, in that order, 1 MB has 1024 KB and 1 KB has 1024 B. After this short explanation we got: 16,000,000,000 B/1024(in order to get KB)= 15,625,000 KB/1024(to get MB)= 15,258 MB/1024(to get GB)= 14.90 GB you get in your card.
I was wondering why you haven't complained about the 8GB card that you got with your phone (or any other that you had before ) , lol
My coworker is stock rooted gingerbread with a 32GB sd card (with 25gb still available for use). He's been that way for about 2 months now, and uses stock camera and gallery.
For some reason now, his pics aren't saving. I just tried myself with his phone, and the pic was saved to ext_sd/dcim/... I saw it in the folder using root explorer. Within 5 min, the pic was replaced with the triangle error sign.
Any thoughts?
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few things to try...
clear gallery data
change save location to int sd
format ext sd
ive gotten those on rare occasions, but couldnt pinpoint it down to anything in particular
mrmako777 said:
few things to try...
clear gallery data
change save location to int sd
format ext sd
ive gotten those on rare occasions, but couldnt pinpoint it down to anything in particular
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I will have him try... I told him to let me throw ics on that shiz and call it a day
Side note, you've been one of the most helpful people here man... For that, I publicly thank you :beer:
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update?
andy55 said:
update?
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It didn't bring the pics back obviously but pics are saving (idk where... Can't find using root explorer) but they are saving.
He has to xfer media to int sd before formatting
And I told him to get a sandisk
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Possible bad sd card. If its from ebay, it may be a fake 32 gb. Test the card with H2testw.
pbcal said:
Possible bad sd card. If its from ebay, it may be a fake 32 gb. Test the card with H2testw.
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My thoughts exactly! I hate eBay, and that is where he got it (for cheap... Go figure ). I didn't know there were cards that read 32 but were only 8. It makes sense since he has used 6gb of space (and we all know 8gb isn't really 8gb)
Thanks
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Is there any way to upgrade the internal 16GB storage to a 32GB? I'm not referring to the external MicroSD card.
It might be possible i think samsung use SD cards as their internal storage.
Yh of course there is sell ur 16gb version nd buy the 32gb version
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ORRRRRRRR you can try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1772234
is it even possible ? unless there are motherboard with 32 gb for sale ?
This is not possible for the conventional person unless you have access to some pro level reflow ovens and flash chips.
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You need a laptop hard drive, super glue and a hammer.
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So is that basically a no, without serious mods to the phone?
Dude the internal flash memory is what's called smd in electronics (surface mounted device). Basically they are miniaturized semiconductor components with tiny solder pads which can only be joined with specialized equipment.
It's impossible to mess with it at home, that's why I sprung the extra cash for the 32gb version.
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This is indeed a very interesting notion since the galaxy s3 was my very first smartphone and android I thought to myself that with the 16gb internal SD with an extra external SD card it should suffice but I was very wrong as apps only install in the internal SD card and I'm almost at my limits since I have alot of HD games and apps installed.
SamGalS3_556 said:
Is there any way to upgrade the internal 16GB storage to a 32GB? I'm not referring to the external MicroSD card.
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Just buy a 64 GB micro sd card.
Have a look at Directory Bind. This should solve your space issues (assuming you have a micro sd card in your phone).
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Itadakiimasu said:
This is indeed a very interesting notion since the galaxy s3 was my very first smartphone and android I thought to myself that with the 16gb internal SD with an extra external SD card it should suffice but I was very wrong as apps only install in the internal SD card and I'm almost at my limits since I have alot of HD games and apps installed.
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Just use this? That should solve your problem..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1772234
danieljamie said:
Just use this? That should solve your problem..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1772234
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Im new to rooting so i don't like the idea of fiddling with it so is there any other means?
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Lot less hassle rooting than even thinking about opening up device and messing with that...
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Yeah but there's a mod to swap the Internal and external SD cards so you could buy a 64gb card and have lots of app storage. Its also a matter of time before the app2 SD gets sorted for s3
Oh well no worries, I can live with it
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Im new to rooting so i don't like the idea of fiddling with it so is there any other means?
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Using the galaxy s3 toolkit, rooting is very very easy... just follow the guide and you are rooted
Get a 32
Shug69 said:
Yeah but there's a mod to swap the Internal and external SD cards so you could buy a 64gb card and have lots of app storage. Its also a matter of time before the app2 SD gets sorted for s3
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hope so , so far there is no update on this , not sure if samsung gonna enable this,
even a china phone with android has this function
This makes me crazy. Why do they claim 8gb when there is not even 5gb usable? Be honest, say 5gb so we are able to gauge what we are getting. At least when you get an SD card almost all of it is there.
You forgot 2 gb internal storage for apps..yes its not full 8 gb ..its 7 point something but it never is.
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It is the same reason for your hdd on your pc. The drive does have 8gb total but some of it is used up by the system's OS. Your usable space is actually 5.5gb with 1.3gb being used for apps. Any storafe medium does this. If you notoce on sd cards it may say 16gb but the user only has access to 14 gb
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-sigh- because there really is 8gb of memory and they would be lying if they said 5gb. Think about it; all tech companies list the memory as the total amount of internal memory, not just available memory. If Samsung had a guilty conscience and said the galaxy player had 5gb, how could you compare to the iPod, that still said 8gb? There really is 8gb, but only 5gb available. Life tends to not be perfect.
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iJimaniac said:
-sigh- because there really is 8gb of memory and they would be lying if they said 5gb. Think about it; all tech companies list the memory as the total amount of internal memory, not just available memory. If Samsung had a guilty conscience and said the galaxy player had 5gb, how could you compare to the iPod, that still said 8gb? There really is 8gb, but only 5gb available. Life tends to not be perfect.
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I didnt understand why there is 2gb od system storage,why when i install an app the size storage is taken from the usb storage and the system storage?why do we need the system storage
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kfirbep said:
I didnt understand why there is 2gb od system storage,why when i install an app the size storage is taken from the usb storage and the system storage?why do we need the system storage
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System storage is for apps..some aps can be instaled on sd (usb) but you can move and them to system..be happy that SGP has a lot of system memory..i had phone with just 200mb of system memory and 8 gb card and that was nightmare.
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DZonikg said:
System storage is for apps..some aps can be instaled on sd (usb) but you can move and them to system..be happy that SGP has a lot of system memory..i had phone with just 200mb of system memory and 8 gb card and that was nightmare.
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but what is the different if i have 2 GB of system storage and 5 GB of usb storage?i prefer that it will be 7 GB of storage that apps will be installed because right now when i install an app it takes place in the system storage and the usb storage i think that it just make things more complicated.
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but what is the different if i have 2 GB of system storage and 5 GB of usb storage?i prefer that it will be 7 GB of storage that apps will be installed because right now when i install an app it takes place in the system storage and the usb storage i think that it just make things more complicated.
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Most apps can not be instaled on usb storage so you want be able to install them at all with out it ..also almost all aps have some librarys and they all go to system storage..also dalvic cache is on system storage..and every app that is on usb storage you can move it to system..just go to menage aplications in settings ..click on app and click on move to device
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caseyatbt said:
This makes me crazy. Why do they claim 8gb when there is not even 5gb usable? Be honest, say 5gb so we are able to gauge what we are getting. At least when you get an SD card almost all of it is there.
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Just buy a 64gb MicroSD and swap the internal with the external, then you'll have 64gb for apps to be installed on.
Simple fix.
ZaIINN said:
Just buy a 64gb MicroSD and swap the internal with the external, then you'll have 64gb for apps to be installed on.
Simple fix.
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I agree,i have done it with 32 gb.
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DZonikg said:
I agree,i have done it with 32 gb.
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I have 32gb too,how I do it?
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kfirbep said:
I have 32gb too,how I do it?
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Modify your hold.fstab file in /system/etc
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I just received my 32 GB micro SD and I'm gonna put it in my note. I had a 16Gb. When I put in the 32gb it slowed down and my phone would freeze more often. I am running Liquid Smooth Jelly Bean 4.1.2 RC8. Ima format the 32gb so it can fresh it out. Should I reflash my ROM since I've upgraded the storage?
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Did you move any system function or apps onto your ad card? I would put in the 32 and format and partition it, then take everything off the 16 and put it on the 32. Then report back your findings.
BTW- did you buy the same class card?
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Now that I'm thinking about it, a rom re flash couldn't hurt.
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Yeah I bought the same class SD card, and all I transfered was my music and pictures. I formated the 32gb already and transfered all my files. I'm thinking just to reflash it just if anything
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LittleRedDot said:
Now that I'm thinking about it, a rom re flash couldn't hurt.
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How would it help?
rangercaptain said:
How would it help?
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I never said it would help, I said it couldn't hurt. And since the OP's post wasn't getting much love I figured I would add my 2 cents.
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format the card to FAT32 file structure,(PC with card adapter) and give it a go in the phone....g
Had one of my 32gb micro's crap out on me today. Of course it was my more valuable to me card. Popped it my laptop to grab some files for a new Novena flash only to get a "must be formatted." Fired up testdisk 6.13 to have a peek at the partition before panic set in, just to find it detected as 32mb. Was a genuine Sandisk. Not impressed. Can't for the life me get the partition repaired. I'm fine with taking the data loss now, but can't get it to format. Going to try HP Drive Key Boot Utility once I borrow someone's WiFi in the a.m.
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Jonahng1994 said:
I just received my 32 GB micro SD and I'm gonna put it in my note. I had a 16Gb. When I put in the 32gb it slowed down and my phone would freeze more often. I am running Liquid Smooth Jelly Bean 4.1.2 RC8. Ima format the 32gb so it can fresh it out. Should I reflash my ROM since I've upgraded the storage?
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i read a thread here in the forums, cant post the link though, "sd card becomes lil slower when the memory is almost full or completely full..
btw go for class 10 which gives 10Mb/s r/w speed...class 2 is very slow...
so even if the memory card is 8gb class 10 it will show some performance..but 32gb class4 will be fine..but at some times u will feel it has become rather slow.." i didnt see if you mentioned what class the SD card was. hope this helps a little.
My genuine 32GB SanDisk MicroSDHC UHS-1 Class 10 card did the same thing almost immediately after I got it in Septemeber. It eventually died after two months of use. SanDisk RMA'd it, and I'm waiting for the replacement. I'm expecting that the replacement will also die... I think our phones is killing these SanDisk UHS-1 cards.
Mine was a week shy of a year old. Be my last SanDisk. Doubt it's our Notes doing it though. Had mine in and out of a Captivate, S2, Note dozens of times.
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Just lost another 32 GB card so now I'm starting to wonder if it really is my phone killing them. Had a media ejected... message pop up after a reboot. History after that.
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And I thought sandisk was the best ....
Obviously that isn't the case ....g
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Just lost another 32 GB card so now I'm starting to wonder if it really is my phone killing them. Had a media ejected... message pop up after a reboot. History after that.
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I just got my replacement from Sandisk. Let's see how it holds up.
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This thread is defeinetly interesting. I originally had a patriot 16GB class 10 (excellent card BTW), as I began to run out of storage I decided to buy this sandisk ultra 32GB HC1 supposebly read/write speeds are better than class 10? Wrong.. my speeds dropped even with tinkering with system tuner/ SD settings didn't seem to help much.. I have screenshots somewhere of both cards tested and compared.Well besides that One month goes by and my device kept trying to randomly read and scan the card as if I just turned the phone on? Games and apps wouldn't start saying app not installed? Eventually the card crapped out asking for a reformat, luckily I backed up the card before it crashed. I sent it back to Sandisk they RMA'ed me a second one I'm using now.. going on two weeks no issues so far. I'm thinking maybe there's a bad lot out there?
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And I thought sandisk was the best ....
Obviously that isn't the case ....g
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I have been using a Transcend 32gb class 10 card with no issues, almost a year now. Give them a try.
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