Hello everyone. This is my first post on these forums. So i bought a SanDisk 32 GB micro SD card... I am using a mac. My Mac cant see the sd card as external storage. I have enabled MSC and i have mounted the SD card from my phone. In storage settings it says that the total space on sd card is unavailable. I am running Gingerbread and i have search about this topic and all i learned is that there are some bugs with the SD card in this version. Can someone help me with my problems? I am new to android.
KouimKostas said:
Hello everyone. This is my first post on these forums. So i bought a SanDisk 32 GB micro SD card... I am using a mac. My Mac cant see the sd card as external storage. I have enabled MSC and i have mounted the SD card from my phone. In storage settings it says that the total space on sd card is unavailable. I am running Gingerbread and i have search about this topic and all i learned is that there are some bugs with the SD card in this version. Can someone help me with my problems? I am new to android.
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are you able to see the sd card on the phone at all?
No. I cant see the card from the phone.. I have seen that this kind of sd cards are compatible with xperia go, but i dont know why it cant been seen on the phone. Also in the application section on settings there is a tab about the sd but it uses my internal storage as the sd and not the 32 Gb micro sd
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so there s 2 problems
1.you cant see the card
3.even if you could see the card it wouldnt be used to store apps and such
first problem how is ur sd card formated
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and have you pressed mount
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KouimKostas said:
Hello everyone. This is my first post on these forums. So i bought a SanDisk 32 GB micro SD card... I am using a mac. My Mac cant see the sd card as external storage. I have enabled MSC and i have mounted the SD card from my phone. In storage settings it says that the total space on sd card is unavailable. I am running Gingerbread and i have search about this topic and all i learned is that there are some bugs with the SD card in this version. Can someone help me with my problems? I am new to android.
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Hi.
Maybe you should try Kingston microSDHC Card, Class 10
I have one with 8 GB, and never experienced any problem with it on my phones.
I dont know how it is formated. Is there any way i can see that?
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check with a computer
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check with a computer
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I still cant find it..... It doesn't say anything on Sandisk's website..
you may have to format it your self by pluging it in and make sure its fat32 not ntfs
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nosmaster said:
you may have to format it your self by pluging it in and make sure its fat32 not ntfs
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I just saw that my micro SDHC was already in a fat32 format. Anyway, i formatted it in fat32 format again, but my phone can not see it again
90 percent chance the memory card is fake.
Where did you bought it?
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Izzy Stinson said:
90 percent chance the memory card is fake.
Where did you bought it?
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I bought it from amazon. Here is the link. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003WGJYCY/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00 from Digital Media Source.. They have very good reviews... Now i went to format it on my windows 7 laptop and it said that it was 29,7 gb not 32... Also tested my sd with H2testw and i got an error... I really dont know what to do. The card seems legit from the outside. iIt is a class 4 micro SDHC
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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
I've tried my S3 with 3 types of card now, 2gb SanDisk, 16gb Kingston and a 32gb Samsung Ultra Mobile. Each of varying classes.
I have used countless ROMS from stock to CM10 and AOKP/AOSP and I can't get the option to mount my card in the storage menu to highlight.
I have formatted them on my laptop as Fat32 and exFat but neither have worked yet they have worked in other Galaxy handsets.
Can any of you guys think of something I need to do to solve it or is it a case of a faulty phone?
Thanks in advance
Paul
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Which windows version are you running?
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Windows 7 Pro
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If the card works with other GS3 but not yours then it is very high possibility your GS3 is faulty. Send it back to Samsung.
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I've tried my S3 with 3 types of card now, 2gb SanDisk, 16gb Kingston and a 32gb Samsung Ultra Mobile. Each of varying classes.
I have used countless ROMS from stock to CM10 and AOKP/AOSP and I can't get the option to mount my card in the storage menu to highlight.
I have formatted them on my laptop as Fat32 and exFat but neither have worked yet they have worked in other Galaxy handsets.
Can any of you guys think of something I need to do to solve it or is it a case of a faulty phone?
Thanks in advance
Paul
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Tried it in different phone's and formatted it again but still didn't work???
The s3's faulty for sure. Get an exchange.
Looks like I'll have to bite the bullet and send it back. If I get a chance I'll see if I can get someone to try it in their S3.
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i have the same prob
Got my 64GB working
I upgraded from 32GBPNY to 64GB SanDisk. Couldn't mount the 64. Tried many things, but in the end, I formatted the 64 to ExFat because it became damaged and I don't have the fat32 option on my mac. Next I put in the 32, and made sure it was readable and mount/unmounted twice, just to make sure, then I put in my 64. After I saw details (card cap, and available), I went to the dev options and set "protect external SD" to on. Rebooted to Recovery and backed-up to ex sd. Once the back up completed I rebooted, went into the settings / more tab / storage. I am now able to mount and unmount at will. Hope this helps!
My phone won't recognize my 32gb sd card. I had an 8 in there and it's fine. However the 32gb isn't recognized. I've formatted the card and it's fine in a reader.
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My phone won't recognize my 32gb sd card. I had an 8 in there and it's fine. However the 32gb isn't recognized. I've formatted the card and it's fine in a reader.
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Does it show up in your phone as unavailable? When you look at settings -> storage? If not then you will be able to format it within those settings
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Does it show up in your phone as unavailable? When you look at settings -> storage? If not then you will be able to format it within those settings
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No it's unavailable.
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No it's unavailable.
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Reason I ask is that I just had a 32gb pny sd card randomly go bad. It would open on my computer but would freeze up if I clicked anything. I couldn't even format it.
If you can, try and format it again and see if that works, if not then it looks like we're in the same boat
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Reason I ask is that I just had a 32gb pny sd card randomly go bad. It would open on my computer but would freeze up if I clicked anything. I couldn't even format it.
If you can, try and format it again and see if that works, if not then it looks like we're in the same boat
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I don't think mine is bad because I can read it from a card reader. I can write and read. But no go for the phone. Also when i put the card in my phone it says it is damaged and then prompts me to format it and then when i format it it says card removed. However like i mentioned its fine in the reader.
Is it formatted as FAT32?
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I'm in the same boat. I just moved over to an ASOP ROM and I keep getting that the SD is damaged. I reinstalled the ROM and downloaded it again. I even formatted the SD with the phone. After rebooting, I got the same message. The card works fine with my PC and my other phones.
Any ideas?
I just bought a 16gb class 4 sdcard from target for 25 bucks and I'm having all kinds of problems getting my device to mount it...I've blown out the SDcard spot on the back of the phone,multi booted a lot of times..I have a 8gb class 2 card and it works..its starting to die because of multi recovery partitions so I had to get a new one...oh both cards are micro sdcard hc....
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I just bought a 16gb class 4 sdcard from target for 25 bucks and I'm having all kinds of problems getting my device to mount it...I've blown out the SDcard spot on the back of the phone,multi booted a lot of times..I have a 8gb class 2 card and it works..its starting to die because of multi recovery partitions so I had to get a new one...oh both cards are micro sdcard hc....
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Format it from your phone not with a computer
It can't be formatted when its not being recognized...even my ps3 isn't recognizing it...when I go into recovery and try to do anything I get an error in mounting card..which makes me think I have to change the cards partition from whatever it is now to fat32
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did you tried another kernel to see if it has some problems
for me on few kernels on ics and gb the sd card made me few problems and my sd card is with 32 gb class 4 and is new so i tried some other kernels to see if it works and worked i had this problem sometimes on gb with djnoxd's kernel
Supposedly 32gb class 10 is supported. My 8gb class 6 works well. If your PC can't recognize it you may have a bad sd
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I just bought this sdcard....its literally not even 4 hours old...I'm on stock kernel so I'll try the kernel switches and see what it does
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after flashing the new kernel don't forget to format sd card in settings
Well let's hope the phone would recognize the card while in cwm recovery...it can't format a card if it doesn't detect it
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I'm assuming the 16gb card I just purchased is a class 4
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look on your sd card for a "c" letter with 4 in middle and look if you see the symbol
Yep its a class 4
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Even with the 8gb card..I sometimes had problems...I'd boot in to recovery and try to flash a zip and that error of not being able to mount would be there so I'd have to take the battery out and the card,blow the card and slot place than reboot into recovery and then it would work
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Its annoying, this phone supposedly supports up to 32gb...it should be as easy as popping out the old one to replace a better one
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maybe your slot card is damaged
If that were the case,than I wouldn't be able to use the 8gb card either...I think the 16gb card comes pre formatted on an exFAT partition and in order for any android phone to recognize it. It needs to be fat32 format...I also have problems detecting the 16gb card with the xmb of ps3...ps3 only recognizes fat32....if all of this is the case I need a good partitioning windows program. .this 16gb card is a brand new card
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Well...
I really think that the problem is with your sd card slot, because if you are saying that you had problems with the 8gb and the 16gb, also im telling you this because on my phone i tried a lot of sd cards, and i didn't have any trouble...
Also, my brand new sd card 16gb class 4, i didn't have to format it, i just put it on the phone, it was already formated fat32
Hi
I have big problem. I bought SanDisk microsdxc 64gb card. When I put in phone sometimes do mount, sometimes don't mount. When it do mount phone is EXTREMLY slooooooooow and card isn't stable. Its any drivers or fix for this?
Thanx for replies
Any idea?
FresH_MeN said:
Hi
I have big problem. I bought SanDisk microsdxc 64gb card. When I put in phone sometimes do mount, sometimes don't mount. When it do mount phone is EXTREMLY slooooooooow and card isn't stable. Its any drivers or fix for this?
Thanx for replies
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Sell ur 64gb and then buy 32gb :beer:
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It isn't solution...
Maybe your device is limited to only 32 gb sd card see its specification in the web
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There's a way I think for making it reads the 64 gb...I think you need to re-partition it
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I formated it from exFat to fat32.