MicroSD related problem - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I want to share my experience using microsdhc I had been used 32gb class 10 from Team. Used it for about 11 months then died. About 8 months in HTC Desire S without any problem and 3 months in Galaxy S3. I think it died because overheated while backup ROM with recovery. Desire S aluminum body easily dissipated heat then Galaxy S3. That's just opinion.
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I seriously doubt that microsd card is capable of overheating

Glebun said:
I seriously doubt that microsd card is capable of overheating
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When you back up your ROM with TWRP it will be get seriously hot
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Glebun said:
I seriously doubt that microsd card is capable of overheating
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I just had a quick look at the specs of a micro SD card on ebay and the operating temp was from -25° to +85°...
No way was it heat damaged..

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Upgrading the internal 16GB to 32GB

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

SGS 9300 UHS speed

Hello everyone,
I just received my Sandisck 64GB UHS-1 SDXC card.
Everything is fine, but speed.... it is just 10mb/s, but on PC it can do easily 25-30mb/s.
Is there any problems with my phone, I mean - do i need any specific mod or patch for it?
because it is sad to have good card and slow phone
thanks for replies
tomosius said:
Mate, is your phone running slower than before?
Im also waiting for this answer!!
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No. It is not slower, but i am interested of my sd card. Why i can not have full performance of it
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If your card is genuine don't worry about the speed, it will work good, the speed varies depending on the scenario.
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Check out the new phone

http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/13/htc-droid-dna-verizon/
WOW... nice phone! Is it a world phone? I saw GSM on the last paragraph, hoping someone can clarify whether this would work on t mobil
Edit: according to this article it is using the quad core pro chip... I read elsewhere it was using the dual core s4 processor. But I agree esp. If using the quad core chip this looks pretty solid
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meh. I'll be waiting for something with a removable battery and micro SD. I just can't be bothered to spend that kind of cash and get something that could get a pooched battery, then what? Besides, nothing beats having a fresh battery. I've been through 4 already with my amaze, which is inconvenient, so what do you do with one that's out of warranty and you get battery issues?
1080p screen 5" screen + HTC phone + LTE + 2020 mAh non replaceable battery = a phone that will barely get you through your work day, if even that.
avogadr0 said:
1080p screen 5" screen + HTC phone + LTE + 2020 mAh non replaceable battery = a phone that will barely get you through your work day, if even that.
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Would be a game changer if it were a Nexus though.
yo2boy said:
Would be a game changer if it were a Nexus though.
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Truly a game changer with a battery you can replace and the ability to add memory. No micro SD / no removable battery = Sad phone
yo2boy said:
Would be a game changer if it were a Nexus though.
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The lack of an SD card slot is really the only downside of the new Nexus 4. Truly a tragedy...
Whats up with these companies removing the sd card slot wth
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EclipzeRemix said:
Whats up with these companies removing the sd card slot wth
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Google doesn't like SD cards, so I guess other Android OEMs are following too. Read this: http://androidcommunity.com/googles...s-lack-of-sd-cards-in-nexus-devices-20121030/
I'm happy to hear that the Nexus 4 DOES support USB OTG so I can always plug in my external hard drive or flash drive to the phone.
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Whats up with these companies removing the sd card slot wth
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HTC is doing it because they think people care more about how thin the phone is. That's y they got rid of sd card slots and removable batteries
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yo2boy said:
Google doesn't like SD cards, so I guess other Android OEMs are following too. Read this: http://androidcommunity.com/googles...s-lack-of-sd-cards-in-nexus-devices-20121030/
I'm happy to hear that the Nexus 4 DOES support USB OTG so I can always plug in my external hard drive or flash drive to the phone.
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I added this comment there. I'm baffled by that reasoning...
"If someone can figure out how to connect a Nexus device to their PC using a USB, then I'm fairly certain they wouldn't not suddenly become overwhelmed by this "fandangled device" called an external SD card.
They weren't too complicated for people to use in their cameras, and they even had them in their PCs.
You know what's more complicated? Pairing a Bluetooth device, or NFC and yet these technologies remain persistent....
An SD card, you simply pop it in the slot, and if they don't know it's there, then they're not going to lose sleep over it. No settings pop ups, no panic."
It's a cop out to not include them. And there is more motivation to pay for the higher memory device. It's too bad and on occasion I'm sure the normal user doesn't know which one it is saved to... Why not have the slot, but not include a card. That way those who find the concept 'complicated' don't have to bother with purchasing one and others can... Oh well Google, you're crazy!
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no kidding. Just briefly looking up the crapple 5, going from 16 to 32 costs you $100, and from 32 to 64 another $100. You can get a 32gig micro sd for $30, there goes their 'profit'.
All it takes is one manufacturer to see what the rest are doing, and offer the feature that people demand, and sell a ton of devices.
andy55 said:
no kidding. Just briefly looking up the crapple 5, going from 16 to 32 costs you $100, and from 32 to 64 another $100. You can get a 32gig micro sd for $30, there goes their 'profit'.
All it takes is one manufacturer to see what the rest are doing, and offer the feature that people demand, and sell a ton of devices.
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Like Samsung? Galaxy s iii/note 2 anyone? =)
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lorddart said:
Like Samsung? Galaxy s iii/note 2 anyone? =)
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Thank you!
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SD Card problems

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
uwannabananababy said:
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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gregsarg said:
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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Sdcard empty????

This just started happening to me this evening. I randomly get this message. .. Sdcard empty, unmounted, or not present. Never experienced an error like this in the past. I'm running Beans 7, sdswap, perseus kernel with 5g profile. Does anyone have a clue to this problem?
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What class of sdcard do you have? Sdcard specs, please. Bet it's crap. Lol. Seriously. Not being a jerk. Troubleshooting.
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1ManWolfePack said:
What class of sdcard do you have? Sdcard specs, please. Bet it's crap. Lol. Seriously. Not being a jerk. Troubleshooting.
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Its a Sandisk Ultra 32gb Micro SDHC Class 10. Im very doubtful its a sdcard problem. U know of a better sdcard? Rebooting seems to fix the issue temporary
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riotdog7 said:
Its a Sandisk Ultra 32gb Micro SDHC Class 10. Im very doubtful its a sdcard problem. U know of a better sdcard? Rebooting seems to fix the issue temporary
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Nope! That's what I got. Lol. You pop it out and back in?
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Yep.... still doing it
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Just noticed a message come across my notification bar also. ... sd card unexpectedly removed. ....
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I would transfer everything you can off it and format it. Step one.
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riotdog7 said:
Its a Sandisk Ultra 32gb Micro SDHC Class 10. Im very doubtful its a sdcard problem. U know of a better sdcard? Rebooting seems to fix the issue temporary
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Did you get it from Amazon? If so it probably is a bad card. I've seen quit a few people who got a bad batch from ordering on Amazon. Try what Wolf said, backup and format
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kintwofan said:
Did you get it from Amazon? If so it probably is a bad card. I've seen quit a few people who got a bad batch from ordering on Amazon. Try what Wolf said, backup and format
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No I purchased it a month ago from best buy
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After doing a little research I see this seems to be a common issue. Just cant find a fix.... I'll try backing it up and reformatting it.
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Same issue I encountered after flashing a rom., I wiped card reformatted then put everything back on card to have it happen again .should i reformat and start fresh ? I'm using a 32 gb sandisk class 4. I think I've had since my thunderbolt .
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After doing a little research I see this seems to be a common issue. Just cant find a fix.... I'll try backing it up and reformatting it.
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Tried that. Several times. Been having similar problems with my sd card. Its a samsung 64gb class ten. I cant find any of my downloads. I am a noob but I think the sd swap does something to the card. Only causes a problem if you flash a new rom (or reflash same) that doesn't have swap.
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Aren't you supposed to delete a few files when returning from a swap? Though I read that.
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Well... After reformatting my scdard and also performing a fresh and clean install of my beans 7 rom, I'm still having the same problem once again.... I reformatted to extfat. Should I have went with fat?
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I slow reformatted mine and the error came up again after a few hours. Decided to just buy a new one so hopefully the card was just crapping out and not the phone. If end up posting again it must be the phone. Hope you don't hear from me again in this thread lol
Im having the same exact issue as you. Its very annoying
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Sandisk 64GB SDXC which happens to be Made in China is crap and confirmed by comments made by others on Amazon saying the same. Pay a little extra for Samsung 64GB SDXC and have the peace of mind.
Same issue for me and I bought my sdcard from Best Buy also...I am running Jelly Bean ROM B7. The card is only 2 months old so I doubt the card went bad, this has to be some app/process that is effecting the sdcard swap program. Very annoying and reboot of phone resolves issue but I have to reboot every hr, it is unreasonable. It only started happening to me since B7 which i installed about 7 days ago. I may trying going back to B6 which i was using with no issues for a while.
I'm just waiting for my Sandisk 64gb ultra cl10 to die bought it about 3 weeks ago so will see glad it has a 10year/lifetime warranty. Plenty of people are having same problems with these cards and not just in phones. Easy way to tell if its bad/going bad is to format it and stick it in another device see whats up... pretty sure if your card is not mounting or being seen it's going bad if it pops back up from time to time it's about to be dead.
Well I finally returned the sdcard at Best Buy which honors manufacturer warranties. Been a week on the new card, so far so good...
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