SD card damaged.. Try reformatting it - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys,*My phone shows SD card is damaged, try reformatting it. It is a transcend class 10 16 gb card. It was fine when I switched it off at night, but at morning it showed this. I tried re inserting, did not work. I was on jelly bean 4.2.1.(I9300XXUFMB3_I9300OJKFMB3_ILO).I wiped the whole thing and installed 4.1.2.(I9300XXEMB5_I9300OXAEMB5_BTU).Still the same. PC also do not recognize external sd card on connecting the phone via cable. About to try to connect via adapter. Should buy one..So guys why did this happen? I dont have any backup of my external sd card so I dont want to reformat it.

well, if the pc doesn't recognize it with the adapter, you'll have to format it

Personally I always format it in the phone, it is what the facility is there for, and remember to always unmount your card before removing, whether it be from phone/pc/card reader, ditto, if connected to pc via mtp/ptp.....Always unmount from the pc

Glebun said:
well, if the pc doesn't recognize it with the adapter, you'll have to format it
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Pc doesnt recognize

saiyanajay said:
Pc doesnt recognize
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Have you tried formatting it in the phone?

Google the SD formatting tool, download it and format the card. If that doesn't work then the card is toast and you'll need a new one.

slaphead20 said:
Have you tried formatting it in the phone?
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No, I haven't. I actually dont want to format it.

saiyanajay said:
No, I haven't. I actually dont want to format it.
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then you'll have to throw it away I guess

saiyanajay said:
No, I haven't. I actually dont want to format it.
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*shrugs and walks off*

Glebun said:
then you'll have to throw it away I guess
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k I formatted it. Now trying to recover data via remo.

is there a way to recover my information???

javier_83 said:
is there a way to recover my information???
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Couple of apps on playstore for it

javier_83 said:
is there a way to recover my information???
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Try recuvva (Google it) if that doesn't have any luck there are specialists who might be able to salvage something for you but it's gonna cost mega bucks.
Always backup discs fail or can be lost.
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ghostofcain said:
Try recuvva (Google it) if that doesn't have any luck there are specialists who might be able to salvage something for you but it's gonna cost mega bucks.
Always backup discs fail or can be lost.
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I used recuva but it didnt find much. Remo recover helped me a lot, recovered many photos. Brought new sandisk sd card anyway.

saiyanajay said:
I used recuva but it didnt find much. Remo recover helped me a lot, recovered many photos. Brought new sandisk sd card anyway.
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Oh dear, known issue with SanDisk ultra cards, causing them to fail. SanDisk have implemented a fix but are remaining tight lipped about details or when it was implemented so best of luck.
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ghostofcain said:
Oh dear, known issue with SanDisk ultra cards, causing them to fail. SanDisk have implemented a fix but are remaining tight lipped about details or when it was implemented so best of luck.
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I have heard that they are accepting returns for faulty cards...I hope this is the case because my one has just started being problematic, un mounting every time the screen goes off, really annoyed with them over this

slaphead20 said:
I have heard that they are accepting returns for faulty cards...I hope this is the case because my one has just started being problematic, un mounting every time the screen goes off, really annoyed with them over this
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Mine was transcend.. Said SD card damaged, try reformatting it

saiyanajay said:
Mine was transcend.. Said SD card damaged, try reformatting it
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It was your replacement card I was oh dearing at.
Slaphead20, yeah SanDisk are replacing the cards no questions asked. But they are steadfastly ignoring calls for information on when this manufacturing fix was implemented, and replacement cards appear to be the same hardware revision as those that have been failing which doesn't instill confidence.

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Upgrading microSD from 16GB to 32GB

I decided to get a new larger microsd and it just came in.
Can I just mount this on one of my Linux boxes and copy everything over from the 16GB to 32GB one or is there something special which the Note does with it?
I have SD and USB adaptors so I can actually mount both devices at the same time.
I don't see why not
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As long as the sd card is formatted standard fat32 it is good to go.
I think this belongs in QA...
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hololight said:
I think this belongs in QA...
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Sorry, I should have posted it more carefully.
hololight said:
As long as the sd card is formatted standard fat32 it is good to go.
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Well... the 16GB card flaked out upon insertion into SD adaptor and then into Linux box (write lock switch in place). Didn't look any better in USB adaptor on Windows. Says unformatted even when back in the phone.
So everything is fubared.
Not sure what component to throw away either.
Knew I should have manually copied the files while the card was still operational in the machine...
The key to backups is redundancy. If it's important you need more than a single backup.
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caderoux said:
Well... the 16GB card flaked out upon insertion into SD adaptor and then into Linux box (write lock switch in place). Didn't look any better in USB adaptor on Windows. Says unformatted even when back in the phone.
So everything is fubared.
Not sure what component to throw away either.
Knew I should have manually copied the files while the card was still operational in the machine...
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Damn....
Sorry to hear that ....g
gregsarg said:
Damn....
Sorry to hear that ....g
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The card was operating fine in the machine but I had seen some issues recording video and DragonBox+ didn't want to update itself. But it wouldn't update itself on either SD or internal, so I thought it was something else. So I ordered another card.
I actually found this card in the park in an adaptor last year and was surprised it even worked. I went to the trouble to save off the previous person's data in the hope of being able to return it to it's owner, but couldn't fine any identifying name address information.
The photos and video should all be synced to Google+ - I'm more annoyed about having to go and remove all the apps and re-install because you can't just refresh the install over the missing files on the SD.
gregsarg said:
Damn....
Sorry to hear that ....g
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I was amazed today to find that the new microsd seems to have all the files on it (11GB worth of files)! A friend thinks that the backup feature restored all the data overnight.
Oddly, ES File Explorer seems to indicate that the card only has 16GB, though. So I'll have to do some more digging tonight...

SD Card removed unexpectedly

Hi, I keep getting the error "SD Card removed unexpectedly" whats the problem? I just purchased this SD card from a shop. Damn it.
Have you formatted the card?
heartnet89 said:
Hi, I keep getting the error "SD Card removed unexpectedly" whats the problem? I just purchased this SD card from a shop. Damn it.
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Either it is not sitting properly or it is faulty.
Test it with this first. View attachment h2testw_1.4.zip This can write to the entire card and verify the write.
sleeco said:
Have you formatted the card?
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Not yet
Kangburra said:
Either it is not sitting properly or it is faulty.
Test it with this first. View attachment 1347799 This can write to the entire card and verify the write.
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Ok cheers
I have already tried formatting and restarting the phone and etc. Its still having the same error. I bought both the phone and micro sd card brand new. Its not even a month yet. Whats going on. This is so annoying.
I have the same issue and haven't found the cause of it yet, seems to be SDcard bound. What brand and model do you have?
AndreiLux said:
I have the same issue and haven't found the cause of it yet, seems to be SDcard bound. What brand and model do you have?
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SanDisk Ultra 32GB Class 10.
My gf is using the same SD Card on her GS3. She has no issue or what so ever.
Anyone out there who know how to fix this? I am going to try another SD card tomorrow and see what happens.
Same problem here started a few days ago. Really annoying .
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[Q] HELP! - S3 killed SanDisk 32gb Ultra Micro-SD

Hi guys
I know about the SanDisk Micro-SD card problem with Samsung Galaxy S3's and I happen to be one of the victims.
My SanDisk Micro-SD 32gb Ultra has had problems in the past. It sometimes says blank sd card but it eventually works again. At one point it said sd card damaged but the card still worked. Up until yesterday it hasn't stopped working for a while but now my phone says blank sd card. I tried putting it into a windows computer but it cannot be detected. When using a usb adapter it just shows a device in drive "?:" and can't do anything with it and when using a micro sd to sd card reader it doesn't show at all. In Mac the micro sd to sd card reader is detectable and shows the size of 32.1 MB and is called "Apple SDXC Reader Media". The micro sd card itself is not detectable it seems. I have tried many device recovery software but none of them work. They all seem to just be scanning the card reader and not the micro sd itself.
Does anyone know how I can recover the Micro-SD card?
It is quite important because I have my school laptop data backed up on it (which was just handed in for a system upgrade and being wiped) and also my phone pictures, videos and other stuff.
Any help will be greatly appreciated
blackhand64 said:
Hi guys
Does anyone know how I can recover the Micro-SD card?
It is quite important because I have my school laptop data backed up on it (which was just handed in for a system upgrade and being wiped) and also my phone pictures, videos and other stuff.
Any help will be greatly appreciated
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It may be recoverable by a specialist company, But i believe the going rate is approx £900. My first step would be to try sticking it in the freezer for at least 8 hours (but as long as you can manage the longer the better) then try it in your phone, if this works back up all the data and RMA the card to SanDisk. Let this be a lesson to us all that all data on our cards should be backed up regularly, I understand you werent expecting the card to fail but had you lost your phone the result would have been the same.
I doubt you will be able to recovery the data, formatting the card with the sd formatting tool might make the card useable again but I doubt it. When I've had cards corrupt more than once it is best to throw them away and get a different make.
You can try looking for a specialist data recovery expert, locally or on the web - if the data is very valuable to you.
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It may be recoverable by a specialist company, But i believe the going rate is approx £900. My first step would be to try sticking it in the freezer for at least 8 hours (but as long as you can manage the longer the better) then try it in your phone, if this works back up all the data and RMA the card to SanDisk. Let this be a lesson to us all that all data on our cards should be backed up regularly, I understand you werent expecting the card to fail but had you lost your phone the result would have been the same.
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First of all I don't have £900 to throw around, besides the fact it totally isn't worth £900 to get it fixed.
Second, before I start chucking my SD card in the freezer what exactly does freezing it do and how will it help it? You sure it won't just destroy it for good? I can leave it in the freezer for as long as needed as I can't exactly use the card in the mean time.
Thanks for the reply though
Hope I can get it to work
Freezing is a method that may give a brief recovery on some hard disc failures .
Note hard disc never heard of freezing ram or why it could work .
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JJEgan said:
Freezing is a method that may give a brief recovery on some hard disc failures .
Note hard disc never heard of freezing ram or why it could work .
jje
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There's someone around here that reported it worked for them, and it's not gonna do any harm to try. But true it would be at best a temporary fix.
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ghostofcain said:
There's someone around here that reported it worked for them, and it's not gonna do any harm to try. But true it would be at best a temporary fix.
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Well I left it in the freezer for almost 24 hours and tried it and it still doesn't work
What do I do
Any other suggestions?
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I have the same card, no problems at all.
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toterkeks said:
I have the same card, no problems at all.
Gesendet von meinem GT-I9300 ^_^
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You are lucky enough to have a card without the problem. Doesn't help my situation though....
When did you get it?
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blackhand64 said:
Well I left it in the freezer for almost 24 hours and tried it and it still doesn't work
What do I do
Any other suggestions?
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Not a lot.Contact retailer, or SanDisk direct for a replacement card and chalk it down to experience.
This is a known issue with sandisk at the moment. They are replacing cards when they die.
As for data, please look into foldersync for future. Sync data to cloud or computer
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rootSU said:
This is a known issue with sandisk at the moment. They are replacing cards when they die.
As for data, please look into foldersync for future. Sync data to cloud or computer
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Ok then I'll just have to get it replaced.
A thought just occurred to me though.
Before I had my school laptop backed up on my micro-sd card I had it backed up on a usb. Because it was only an 8gb usb I transfered it to my micro sd because it took up too much space. I've heard of software that can recover deleted files from devices. Would it be possible to recover the deleted backup on my usb? The backup in total would have been about 1 - 2gb. If so, what free program could I use to recover it?
Thanks in advance
Possibly. As an IT support engineer, I don't want to get your hopes up though.
Things like NTFS get back may work but most if them are not free.
I took Handy recovery 1 (free version) from a bootable cd tool once, you could try that and may recover a small amount of data but its always safest to assume it gone.
The more you use the usb device, the less chance you have of recovery
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No worries mine died after 5 minutes of use bought from amazon 64gb ultra sdxc .I had it working but the data I put in gets erased immediately and if I reboot my phone the data is still there then it shows 59.47 gb as full seconds later blank sd or damaged error.now it just won't format in any way fat 32 or exfat.im rma back to Sandisk in the morning.
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rootSU said:
Possibly. As an IT support engineer, I don't want to get your hopes up though.
Things like NTFS get back may work but most if them are not free.
I took Handy recovery 1 (free version) from a bootable cd tool once, you could try that and may recover a small amount of data but its always safest to assume it gone.
The more you use the usb device, the less chance you have of recovery
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If nothing works then I may take it to my school IT guys (when school starts again, currently holidays)
Think they would have something to fix the card or recover the data?
It depends on the state.
The media has a File System. This could be FAT32, NTFS, exFAT etc. Essentially (without going technical) imagine these file systems as a database table. When you add a file to the media, an entry is written to the table to identify the exact location of the file on the media. That way, when an operating system views the card and the user accesses a file, the table tells the OS where to look for the file.
Typically with these file systems, when you delete the file, the file remains. Only the Table entry is removed. The OS can no longer locate the file. the OS is shown the free space as per what the table says - not what is really the truth.
So once a file is deleted, 3rd party applications can scan the media and find the files (without using the table).
Of course there is a problem in that any space that the table shows as unallocated (you deleted the file), new files will overwrite the old files. That is when the data becomes unrecoverable.
So yes, it's possible that even if the formatted filesystem is damaged, the data on the media can be recovered. But if you added new files since, then the chances are the unreferenced data has been actually overwritten. In this case, it is gone.
rootSU said:
It depends on the state.
The media has a File System. This could be FAT32, NTFS, exFAT etc.
So yes, it's possible that even if the formatted filesystem is damaged, the data on the media can be recovered. But if you added new files since, then the chances are the unreferenced data has been actually overwritten. In this case, it is gone.
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What file system are you taking about here? The damaged file system (micro-sd card) can't have new files added to it as it is inaccessible. It also has not been formatted since the problem. The usb with the deleted files is not damaged and not formatted but I have put new files on it since. Sounds like you're combining the two different devices. Sorry if this is a bit confusing.
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blackhand64 said:
What file system are you taking about here? The damaged file system (micro-sd card) can't have new files added to it as it is inaccessible. It also has not been formatted since the problem. The usb with the deleted files is not damaged and not formatted but I have put new files on it since. Sounds like you're combining the two different devices. Sorry if this is a bit confusing.
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Both; I am answering the question for both devices at once. I'm not confused
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Both; I am answering the question for both devices at once. I'm not confused
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Ok. I thunk I'm da confused one
Anyway, so basically you're saying that it is possible for the IT guys at my school to fix the micro sd card and recover its data right? I don't think I'm going to bother trying to recover the deleted one on my usb.
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The s3 doesn't play very well with sandisk cards in general (samsung confirmed this) . I personally use a pny and have no issues, I would suggest trying to return the card and get a different brand.
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Sandisk 64GB MicroSD not detected by stock ROM.

I've got a brand new MicroSD, but when I insert it, the ROM never detects it. The storage menu says to insert a card, but I've tried many times to remove and reinsert it. I saw problems like this with the S3, but I've never experienced it. Common issue? Ways to troubleshoot?
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try this
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I've got a brand new MicroSD, but when I insert it, the ROM never detects it. The storage menu says to insert a card, but I've tried many times to remove and reinsert it. I saw problems like this with the S3, but I've never experienced it. Common issue? Ways to troubleshoot?
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I have one in my S4 try searching google videos I would post a link but I cant yet. If that doesnt work try rebooting with the chip in the phone.
chaosnexstacy said:
I have one in my S4 try searching google videos I would post a link but I cant yet. If that doesnt work try rebooting with the chip in the phone.
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...what?
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...what?
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There are youtube videos explaining how to install micro sd cards and how to make them work. Just type ( micro sd card in samsung ) its easy.
You probably just need to format the card before you put it in your phone. Connect it to a card reader to your computer, and check what format it is. Either FAT32 or exFAT are the ones to try.
geoff5093 said:
You probably just need to format the card before you put it in your phone. Connect it to a card reader to your computer, and check what format it is. Either FAT32 or exFAT are the ones to try.
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Thanks, I'll give it a look. I'll be surprised if it was NTFS out of the box.
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geoff5093 said:
You probably just need to format the card before you put it in your phone. Connect it to a card reader to your computer, and check what format it is. Either FAT32 or exFAT are the ones to try.
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I thought 64gig cards come formatted as exFAT which don't work in the phones, and you have to reformat them as FAT32 in another device that supports it, then put it in the phone.
KidJoe said:
I thought 64gig cards come formatted as exFAT which don't work in the phones, and you have to reformat them as FAT32 in another device that supports it, then put it in the phone.
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Pretty sure this is exactly what the problem is...
I got a SanDisk 64 GB card, put it in the phone and formatted, and it works fine.. *confused*
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I thought 64gig cards come formatted as exFAT which don't work in the phones, and you have to reformat them as FAT32 in another device that supports it, then put it in the phone.
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I couldn't remember which was which, I use exFAT in my Note 2 but I'm running a custom ROM. It's probably FAT32 though, and I know I couldn't format it on Windows 7 using Explorer as it only allowed me to format it as NTFS or exFAT.
I think I may just have a dead MicroSD. Not being detected by either of my laptops, so that would explain it.
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I couldn't remember which was which, I use exFAT in my Note 2 but I'm running a custom ROM. It's probably FAT32 though, and I know I couldn't format it on Windows 7 using Explorer as it only allowed me to format it as NTFS or exFAT.
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There is an program you can download to format fat32 >32gb on win7. Think it's called guiformat or some such.
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There is an program you can download to format fat32 >32gb on win7. Think it's called guiformat or some such.
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It supposedly works. I have a 64GB sammy card on the way.
Already used it on mine. Was waiting on the swap mod to drop for the S4 before I replaced the 32.
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KidJoe said:
I thought 64gig cards come formatted as exFAT which don't work in the phones, and you have to reformat them as FAT32 in another device that supports it, then put it in the phone.
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You have it backwards.
Stock Samsung kernels all support exFAT now. Unfortunately because of Microsoft and licensing issues the code for this isn't in the Open Source release. So if you ever go AOSP or custom TW kernel, you have to switch to some other format.
By the way, the Samsung 64gb cards are testing way faster than SanDisk. At about the same price, get the Samsung.
Should we expect the S4 to have the same problems with MicroSD card failures as the S3? From what I've read so far SanDisk claimed responsibility for the problem yet folks here were talking about exfat being the problem. Did the exfat compatibility issue get fixed in the S4?
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Should we expect the S4 to have the same problems with MicroSD card failures as the S3? From what I've read so far SanDisk claimed responsibility for the problem yet folks here were talking about exfat being the problem. Did the exfat compatibility issue get fixed in the S4?
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exFAT is and has been rock solid since Samsung's 4.1.2 or so... and since the S4 is on 4.2.2 to start, it's fine.
SanDisk has still been having issues, though, and given that and the speed difference I'd suggest buying Samsung microSDs in the first place.

[Q] Music keeps skiping like a bad CD

Hey there, for a while there I had the 4.1.2 OS and everything was just fine.
that untill I started upgreading my OS.
when I upgreaded to a stock 4.2.2 everything was OK on my device except the music who kept skipping like a scratched CD...
I tried many different OS (stock and custom) with no luck.
I thought when i'll upgrage to the 4.3 this problem will be solved, but man I was wrong...
I tried fomatting the SD card, removing it and changing it, with no luck so far.
haven't tried downgrading to 4.1.2 only because I believe there should be a solution for this.
also something that might related, but my device somehow ruined my SD card in a way that is no longer writeable and there's no way to format it from the device or from different forms with my PC and I had a DanDisk Ultra 64GB Micro SDCX which I had for only few months.
what can I do? I looked for solutions all over the internet and only found the "format/remount your SD card" which clearly dosn't work for me.
thatnks in advanced!
If the card won't format using the sd tool on pc then it is faulty, contact the seller for warranty replacement.
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boomboomer said:
If the card won't format using the sd tool on pc then it is faulty, contact the seller for warranty replacement.
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thanks for the reply about my SD card, but I already knew that and its not the issue here.
im using a different SD card which works, and the problem is somewhere in my device.
low quality sd cards sometimes make this kind of problems. i've almost same issue with 64 gb chine based no brand card.
Gravaze said:
low quality sd cards sometimes make this kind of problems. i've almost same issue with 64 gb chine based no brand card.
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are you saying that my SanDisk SD card is a low quality brand...?
and why do people seem to insist to focus on what's obviosly not the the matter.
I don't care about my faulty SD card, its my GS3 that dosn't function correctly that butters me...

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