[Q] Transferring large video files to sd card from pc fails? - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all
I did try to search the forums, but was unable to find any help on this issue.
I can easily transfer small files from my Windows 8 pc via USB cable on the MTP protocol to my samsung galaxy s3. However if I try to transfer a movie of like 5GB it first of all it takes a long while before I even see the progress bar moving (minutes) and then when it does start transferring it seems slow and at some point something interrupts the transfer. I think it's some sort of locking mechanism or power saving feature, but I can't figure out what does it.
So anyway... the most important thing is to figure out why the transfer is interrupted after a while. Any guesses?
Furthermore is there some software for us who like to watch shows on our cell phone, where it's easy to get the next few episodes on our phone? Like something that can automatically detect that you've watched 2 of the 5 episodes on your phone, will automatically delete those and add another 2? And yes it would need to be in the correct order (like if I had episode 1-5, watched 1 and 2, then it should transfer 6+7).
Oh and yes the micro sd card is a fast one, with 45MB/s write and read and no I don't have a micro sd card reader.

I prefer to transfer large files via sd card, that is, removing the card from phone an inserting it in pc, and yes, it is a long time wait.

Casper[DK] said:
Hi all
I did try to search the forums, but was unable to find any help on this issue.
I can easily transfer small files from my Windows 8 pc via USB cable on the MTP protocol to my samsung galaxy s3. However if I try to transfer a movie of like 5GB it first of all it takes a long while before I even see the progress bar moving (minutes) and then when it does start transferring it seems slow and at some point something interrupts the transfer. I think it's some sort of locking mechanism or power saving feature, but I can't figure out what does it.
So anyway... the most important thing is to figure out why the transfer is interrupted after a while. Any guesses?
Furthermore is there some software for us who like to watch shows on our cell phone, where it's easy to get the next few episodes on our phone? Like something that can automatically detect that you've watched 2 of the 5 episodes on your phone, will automatically delete those and add another 2? And yes it would need to be in the correct order (like if I had episode 1-5, watched 1 and 2, then it should transfer 6+7).
Oh and yes the micro sd card is a fast one, with 45MB/s write and read and no I don't have a micro sd card reader.
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What file system is the SD card in? Remember if it is FAT32 files larger than 4GB cannot be used, you have to format it to exFAT to make it work.

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[Q] Windows complains about SD Card

Whenever I do a USB file transfer to my phone, Windows complains that there may be a problem with some files and offers to scan and fix the device. Should I let it, or just keep ignoring it?
Running CM7 on the phone and Windows7 on the pc, but it's been doing this for a while, even back on CommRom.
The reason it does that's is because either a) thereis a problem with the SD catftot b) you ate not ejecting it properly from your computer whenever you connect your phone to the PC. Most of the time the latter is the issue. You should let it run but also eject your device properly so you don't mess it up later
Dalamar1320 said:
The reason it does that's is because either a) thereis a problem with the SD catftot b) you ate not ejecting it properly from your computer whenever you connect your phone to the PC. Most of the time the latter is the issue. You should let it run but also eject your device properly so you don't mess it up later
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So I learned a very interesting tidbit about a year ago. The problem with flash memory is that if the power is disconnected during a WRITE operation, it will kill it (almost definitely). However, if you are only doing a READ operation (copy from device to computer, reading a TXT file, etc), then it is safe to pull the drive at any time.
The long and short of it is that After you have copied files to your phone, Windows continues to write excess data in the background, even after the file transfer dialog has gone away. And on my old mp3 player (Cowon S9) this led to many tears for a lot of people.
So always always always tell your family members who don't know the difference b/t WRITE and READ to simply ALWAYS "safely remove" their flash media.
Thanks folx, I'll let Windows have its way with the card next time it wants to.

[Q] 32 gb micro sd card help

I have recently purchased a 32gb micro sd card. When I go to put new music on it, it shows from the pc side that it is loading on the external drive(g2 phone) and form the phone it says that it is on there. However when I disconnect the phone only the last album that I put on there stays and the music player will state that "this type of file cannot be played". I have formatted the card through the computer and to no avail, it acts the same.. I did format it on the Android and it worked, temporarily and could load music from my computer for a few days, then it stopped. I am clueless as to what is going on with it. p.s. I tried placing it in a card reader and it did the same, but i did not format it first that time. I seem to think the android is placing a bad file on it causing all these issues. (again I say this because when I format it through the phone it will work temorarilly) any help would be great, I really want toload my phone with music.
theradioinside said:
I have recently purchased a 32gb micro sd card. When I go to put new music on it, it shows from the pc side that it is loading on the external drive(g2 phone) and form the phone it says that it is on there. However when I disconnect the phone only the last album that I put on there stays and the music player will state that "this type of file cannot be played". I have formatted the card through the computer and to no avail, it acts the same.. I did format it on the Android and it worked, temporarily and could load music from my computer for a few days, then it stopped. I am clueless as to what is going on with it. p.s. I tried placing it in a card reader and it did the same, but i did not format it first that time. I seem to think the android is placing a bad file on it causing all these issues. (again I say this because when I format it through the phone it will work temorarilly) any help would be great, I really want toload my phone with music.
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Hi there,
It sounds like you might not actually be utilizing your SD card when connecting to a computer and instead are attempting to load your music directly to the internal phone memory.
Make sure after you connect your phone to your computer via USB that you put your phone in "Disk Drive" mode by dragging down your notification bar and selecting your connection type. Without selecting this option you will not have access to your SD card when plugging in your phone to a PC. Now when you got to "My Computer" on your PC you should see your SD Memory card in addition to "g2phone"
Let me know if you need further help
I'm relatively certain you bought a fake card. A few months ago I was shopping for one myself. I bought 3 different cards, all counterfeit, so I just threw down $100 to get my favorite brand, Lexar, and haven't had any problems since.
The exact problem you seem to be describing is a kind of technology that provides computers with a false amount of flash storage. When it is filled, and then used, only the true space of the card survives, which is why everything else disappears.
If you want to test the quality of the card for yourself, use h2testw 1.4. It is free, and while having a strange name, it is easy to use. You'll know in no time whether you've been scammed or not.
I have checked the card with h2test and it states that it does have 32 gigs on it but that the card is corrupt, I have formatted the quick way with sd formatter. What puzzles me is that at one time I was able to load more on it and now I cannot. I feel that there is a fix, I am just not finding it yet.

Cant browse when plugged into USB

Okay, so this seems like it will be hard to explain..
When I connect my prime to my computer to transfer files or whatever, it totally becomes unresponsive when navigating/moving files. One minute I can easily browse to lets say.. The camera folder on my prime, then try and refresh or move a folder out of it, it will take forever to actually do anything, like if I refresh it will search for files and not actually finish and find any, even though I was looking at them a minute ago.
I tried to move a video file to an SD card on my prime and left it for about 10 minutes, the bar didnt move at all so I cancelled it and tried to refresh the folder, and nothing is coming up, just a blank folder with a loading bar at the top.
Anyone else get this problem?
It's related to Prime's slow read and write speed. It's normal behavior for devices that use cheap components.
Are you sure that the files aren't on a storage media that unmounts when you connect the prime via USB. Like for example connecting a device as disk drive to the computer, it firsts unmounts the external sd card from prime then mounts via USB and when you eject it from the USB cable it says preparing storage?

Problem transferring files via USB

Hey guys,
So I'm trying to transfer all my music from my Prime onto a desktop, but every so often the file copy/transfer will stop and I have to start it again, copying the files which haven't already been copied. This is nothing new to me, it happens when I would transfer a large amount of data in one go like when transferring movies from my external hard drive - after a while the transfer will stop. I'm seeking help for this now because it's starting to get frustrating, as it means I can't leave the computer because I have to keep starting the process again.
Does anyone know why this happens, and what can be done to stop it? Is there some kind of time-out function in the Prime that stops things when it's been idle for a certain period of time?
Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance
I had the same problems with the USB (copying from/to USB stick) and also noticed it SD cards. See also my thread [Q] Bugs in file manager app.
Somehow either Android or the ASUS internal storage device can't handle large data transfers...

Z5 Compact - Slow USB file access on Windows 10

On two different Windows 10 computers at home, I've had a bit of struggle trying to access the storage on my Z5C (running Nougat .376 UK firmware). I was trying to copy over some new music to the 200GB Sandisk microSD card, but Windows would continually hang and eventually give up even on just browsing folders. I could unplug the phone and try again but with no success. I popped out the microSD card and put it in an adapter and there wasn't any issue copying files over.
Anyone else ever notice Windows having difficulties accessing files on the phone? For what it's worth, I've almost always done firmware updates via Xperia Companion over USB without any problems, so it seems to be specifically related to file transfer/browsing.
doclloyd said:
On two different Windows 10 computers at home, I've had a bit of struggle trying to access the storage on my Z5C (running Nougat .376 UK firmware). I was trying to copy over some new music to the 200GB Sandisk microSD card, but Windows would continually hang and eventually give up even on just browsing folders. I could unplug the phone and try again but with no success. I popped out the microSD card and put it in an adapter and there wasn't any issue copying files over.
Anyone else ever notice Windows having difficulties accessing files on the phone? For what it's worth, I've almost always done firmware updates via Xperia Companion over USB without any problems, so it seems to be specifically related to file transfer/browsing.
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make sure the screen doesn't turn off, enable developer options and check do not turn off display on charge
(i feel like MTP gets capped out at 20MB/s or something....from external SD --> internal bus rate??) for really really big transfers 8GB+, I usually remove my SD and use the SD reader, it should be OK if you have a good USB reader that can read the full speed of your card.
Sounds like a new USB cord is needed.
NeoBeum this is not really required to transfer files
*make sure the screen doesn't turn off, enable developer options and check do not turn off display on charge*
genuine?
try sd insight from play store see if ur sdcard is genuine
To all:
Is there a reason why not allowing the screen to sleep would help with file transfer speed back to a PC?
I've tried a couple different USB cables with similar results.
Card is genuine and as mentioned it transfers at full speed when using a SD card adapter and plugging in directly to the PC.
Tingles said:
Sounds like a new USB cord is needed.
NeoBeum this is not really required to transfer files
*make sure the screen doesn't turn off, enable developer options and check do not turn off display on charge*
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& @doclloyd
not really, no (don't really need to enable always on screen), but if some users have problems, i just recommend to do that so they can walk away from the tx, and come back without the screen turning off
the z5c has a tendency to temporarily turn off MTP when the display sleeps, you'll be able to tell, because the files on the PC - will contain 0 data, but still appear in the destination
at the moment i'm looking at MTP Host and the other USB services on the phone to see if it will behave better with battery optimisation disabled
edit: if the phone locks @ sleep, it will disable MTP, I have never successfully transferred while my phone locks itself, smartlock can be another workaround for this, unlock with PC
NeoBeum said:
& @doclloyd
not really, no (don't really need to enable always on screen), but if some users have problems, i just recommend to do that so they can walk away from the tx, and come back without the screen turning off
the z5c has a tendency to temporarily turn off MTP when the display sleeps, you'll be able to tell, because the files on the PC - will contain 0 data, but still appear in the destination
at the moment i'm looking at MTP Host and the other USB services on the phone to see if it will behave better with battery optimisation disabled
edit: if the phone locks @ sleep, it will disable MTP, I have never successfully transferred while my phone locks itself, smartlock can be another workaround for this, unlock with PC
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Thanks for the reply. I'll give it a try next time I need to copy files over to the phone (usually new music) and see what happens.

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