Any clue as to how to get the Titanium Backup folder to copy and be recognized from my 32GB Sandisk to 64GB Samsung MicroSD Ext Card? I did the whole process with a USB card reader of copying ALL files from the 1st card to the computer and then using the card reader again, copied all my files including the Titanium Backup folder to the new 64GB card but when I put it back in the S4 and go in to TIBU, it doesn't see any of the backup files and of course when I check with a file program like Astro, the Titanium backup folder is empty. All other files copied over fine and are readable on the new 64GB card.
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Any clue as to how to get the Titanium Backup folder to copy and be recognized from my 32GB Sandisk to 64GB Samsung MicroSD Ext Card? I did the whole process with a USB card reader of copying ALL files from the 1st card to the computer and then using the card reader again, copied all my files including the Titanium Backup folder to the new 64GB card but when I put it back in the S4 and go in to TIBU, it doesn't see any of the backup files and of course when I check with a file program like Astro, the Titanium backup folder is empty. All other files copied over fine and are readable on the new 64GB card.
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Open Titanium. Use the menu key, Preferences, Backup Settings, Backup folder location. Re-select the /storage/extSdCard/TitaniumBackup folder to tell Ti where the backups are stored. Hopefully that'll get it back. (assuming you use the default folder.)
Or, use a file explorer and go to /storage/extSdCard/TitaniumBackup - there should be a whole bunch of files there. If not, check how you copied from the old to the new card.
Thanks for the suggestion. It seems though that my problem is more severe than expected and not only effecting TIBU files on the new Samsung Class 10 microSDHC Card 64GB I purchased on Ebay. It came in brand new packaging but now I wondering if it might be a "knock off" and I got had. Other files are disappearing like a couple directories of pictures. my TWRP backups, ect... after being copied and initially view-able on the device using Astro file. I did a little googling and found a program called H2testw that I'm running on the remaining free memory (aprox 45 GB) now.
Doesn't make sense
Yeah never a good idea to get an sd card on eBay it's probably like 90% fake now. Did you pay full price from a reputable seller?
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joshm.1219 said:
Yeah never a good idea to get an sd card on eBay it's probably like 90% fake now. Did you pay full price from a reputable seller?
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It was this listing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/181351698021?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
Blah, looks like it's time to file a return process with ebay seller.
Warning: Only 45218 of 63996 MByte tested.
The media is likely to be defective.
96.6 MByte OK (197976 sectors)
44.0 GByte DATA LOST (92408488 sectors)
Details:0 KByte overwritten (0 sectors)
0 KByte slightly changed (< 8 bit/sector, 0 sectors)
44.0 GByte corrupted (92408488 sectors)
0 KByte aliased memory (0 sectors)
First error at offset: 0x0000000000000008
Expected: 0x0000000000000011
Found: 0x0000000000000000
H2testw version 1.3
Writing speed: 2.56 MByte/s
Reading speed: 9.72 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4
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Guess it's best to stick with someone like Amazon for these and stay away from Ebay.
lazer9 said:
Blah, looks like it's time to file a return process with ebay seller.
Guess it's best to stick with someone like Amazon for these and stay away from Ebay.
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Wow. Based on the seller's feedback, they're likely to refund. However, that's pretty horrible.
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Wow. Based on the seller's feedback, they're likely to refund. However, that's pretty horrible.
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Yea, I'm hoping for a refund. Printed off the pre-paid shipping label via ebay returns which surprised me the seller pays for the shipping back. Really wild how they package these things in "Samsung" looking packaging and even stamped Samsung on the card. But I'm convinced they are selling knock-offs somehow. Don't know how all that works and I did originally base my purchase decision off the seller's feedback and history.
It makes me wonder how many of their cards are good vs.s how many returns they have to process. How any money is made in the process.
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Let me start out by saying that I have searched for any threads that have covered this, and have come up empty.
This has happened twice to me in the last two months. Running task650's V.9, which is an awesome ROM. I've got a Lexar Class 10 32gb card. Twice in two months have I booted up and the media scanner would show a broken sd card notice. I tried booting the phone without the card, and then re-installed the card. Same notice of bad sd card on boot.
At this point I took the card and stuck it in a laptop, which generated a "can not open due to corrupt or unreadable file" and "reformat drive" or something like that. I was forced to format, losing photos, vids, and TiBu folder. I synced to Dropbox and got the backup folder re-installed.
Any ideas about what could have corrupted the card? I suppose the card could be damaged. I paid good bucks, as it is not a low end card. Replace the card? Any guidance would be appreciated.
I have a Lexar Class 10 32GB card. Same issue, after first time reformatted and same thing happened a week or two later.
I did an RMA with Lexar, think there is a 1 year warranty. Got a new card, been working fine the past several months.
Ok. Thanks for the input. I've got a Kingston Class 10 on the way.
I was hoping it wasn't in the phone hardware.
Thanks, I just reminded myself to do a backup of that card itself to my PC.
Sorry to hear about your problem though.
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LiLChris06 said:
Thanks, I just reminded myself to do a backup of that card itself to my PC.
Sorry to hear about your problem though.
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Looks like I will be starting practice myself
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This just happened to me two days ago. Lost some pics that was about it. Pissed me off because they were of my son and you'll never get those moment back but too late now. Always backup!!
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This just happened to me two days ago. Lost some pics that was about it. Pissed me off because they were of my son and you'll never get those moment back but too late now. Always backup!!
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Yeah, I lost some New Years day photos and vids with my wife. I'll NEVER find her in that good of a mood again!
It makes me wonder about my decision to place my TiBu folder on the external card, along with Nandroid backups. True, it syncs to Drop Box for TiBu but do I need the extra headache of wondering if my card is going to get smoked again? I suppose I should be backing it all up to pc..
I'm not sure but it seems to be a problem with the phone and class 10 cards.
My first one was a 16gb class 10 micro sd that one day just decided to stop working (lasted a month or so). Couldn't access it via the phone or PC.
So I went out and got a 32gb class 10 and after a month or so again it stopped working
Knowing this I refused to buy a class 10 card again. I went to Walmart and got the cheapest 32gb micro sd (Sandisk class 4) and so far so good. no problems at all
Lost everything I had too on the first 2 cards so learned the hard way to do backups to my PC.
Not the class, it's probably the brand. Some brands have terrible quality control, especially if you go for a cheaper one. I have one from Amazon Basic and it works just fine. My brother uses one from SanDisk with zero problem.
Class 10 is also newer. The technology to manufacture these is not that old. I suspect some manufacturers still need to refine their process.
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me too
Posted this on similar thread here, but want to make sure people know it's a problem:
Got a similar problem here.
Transcend Class 10 32GB Card
Works in PC, HTC Desire - no probs.
Put in Galaxy S2, it starts Media Scanning, a few seconds later reports SD Card Damaged, requires formatting.
It's right - take it back out (again, umpteenth time!), put it in PC or HTC - card is "damaged". (Nothing permanent, can reformat.)
Samsung support claim to not know anything - mind you they "play dumb" about the camera "pink spot" issue, until you challenge them to get real...
Oh, dear!
Brian
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I thought my Galaxy was shagging the Card - but it could be a Fake
Testing now with H2testw (also visual clues available) see
YouTube video watch?v=ePdITNObDYE
Hope this helps
Brian
Buy a 500gb external hard drive for like 50 bucks they're cheap now. Backup everything to it once a week. Never lose data. Profit.
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Sounds like a brand issue, but have you ever tried checking the drive for errors?
Given that even your PC gives you a "damaged" message, it may not work. Once inserted, go to "My Computer," get to properties, and check for errors (enable the "automatically fix file system errors" option). In the past, this has corrected "corrupted" SD cards for me.
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Let me start out by saying that I have searched for any threads that have covered this, and have come up empty.
This has happened twice to me in the last two months. Running task650's V.9, which is an awesome ROM. I've got a Lexar Class 10 32gb card. Twice in two months have I booted up and the media scanner would show a broken sd card notice. I tried booting the phone without the card, and then re-installed the card. Same notice of bad sd card on boot.
At this point I took the card and stuck it in a laptop, which generated a "can not open due to corrupt or unreadable file" and "reformat drive" or something like that. I was forced to format, losing photos, vids, and TiBu folder. I synced to Dropbox and got the backup folder re-installed.
Any ideas about what could have corrupted the card? I suppose the card could be damaged. I paid good bucks, as it is not a low end card. Replace the card? Any guidance would be appreciated.
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The only corruptions I have experienced on this phone were when using MTP to transfer files from the PC. Since I stopped using MTP and use only USB Storage mounting, I have not had any more problems.
I've actually experienced this twice. Both times flashing to AOKP. I'm not blaming AOKP but just saying. The first time even my PC wouldn't read it and it needed to be reformatted. The second time my pc could read it and after nandroiding back to shostock2 it was fine.
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OK I'm at a loss. I've searched for this issue and haven't seen anybody else experiencing this problem.
My Evo is relatively new. Had it just about a month now. Still stock. Haven't had any real problems until I bought a 32GB SD card. I've purchased 2 actually and have had the same issue with both. The phone reads the card fine supposedly. Shows 32GB available (just about). But I'm having the HARDEST time copy files to the card. I've got a ton of music, pics, ringtones, etc I'd like to get on this device. I can connect the phone to my PC, mount as a disk drive and copy to my heart's content. But then when I disconnect the phone and try to access some of those files, they're gone. I mean just GONE. The entire directory I just created with all of it contents... GONE!! Not misplaced or deleted by accident. GONE like they were never there. Like I didn't just spend 10 minutes copying 2gigs worth of files. And this happens just about every time I try. I unmount the phone properly, see the message on screen "preparing sd card" and all seems fine. But my music player says there are no files. Gallery is empty. Go back to look for the files I just copied on the card and nothing. Nowhere to be found. Now of the few hundred times I've tried this now, the directory actually stayed put a couple times. I was able to view my pics, or listen to my music. The folders stay right where I put them. But guess what. The next time I try to copy more files, my directories will disappear again. I've tried 2 different brand SD cards with the same results on both. I've used both Astro and ES to view the cards but it doesn't make a difference. I've even used and external card reader and copied files directly to the card. Still no luck. Please help. This is driving me crazy. Could this be a problem with the phone itself? I don't get it...
Well if you have used an external sd reader without success then the problem is not your phone. Your saying if you copy files to your sd,you cant see them after? So it doesn't copy from an external reader?
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I strongly believe the problem is the format of your card or your computer.
If you are transferring files from your external sd reader and if its still there when you check,but gone when you insert it in your phone. Then I also strongly believe that you are looking in
/sdcard directory which you should actually be looking at /sdcard/ext_sd/
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I'm saying that no matter if I use an external card reader, SD adapter, or connect the phone directly with a USB cable, the files I copy to the card will disappear "magically" once I dismount the card from the PC and attempt to read on the phone. Usually this is the case. But like I said, a handful of times, the files were where I put them, but disappeared the next time I tried to copy more files to the card. And no I'm not looking in the wrong directory. I know the difference between the sdcard and ext_sd folders.
What brand of cards are they? Do you have the same problem with cards of a smaller capacity?
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This looks like a problem with your computer settings. With some configurations, if you don't explicitly eject/unmount the drive from the PC, it won't actually move the files. It will only truly copy them when you begin the eject process.
I tried a Kingston 32GB class 10 card first, then bought a generic 32GB class 10. Same issue with both. I do have a smaller 8GB SanDisk class 4 card that I have not tried yet.
I made sure to "safely remove" the cards when connected to the PC. I've tried from both a desktop and laptop. Same results all around. I thought maybe the problem is with class 10 cards but I haven't heard anyone else having issues. I also thought to try a 16GB card. But that would suck since other folks are having success with 64GB cards.
I'm about to try to reset my phone and see if that makes any difference. I may be headed back to the Sprint store this weekend.
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I tried a Kingston 32GB class 10 card first, then bought a generic 32GB class 10. Same issue with both. I do have a smaller 8GB SanDisk class 4 card that I have not tried yet.
I made sure to "safely remove" the cards when connected to the PC. I've tried from both a desktop and laptop. Same results all around. I thought maybe the problem is with class 10 cards but I haven't heard anyone else having issues. I also thought to try a 16GB card. But that would suck since other folks are having success with 64GB cards.
I'm about to try to reset my phone and see if that makes any difference. I may be headed back to the Sprint store this weekend.
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Have you tried formatting the sd within the phone?
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Have you tried formatting the sd within the phone?
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YUP. Tried that too with both cards. Also tried formatting on the PCs.
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YUP. Tried that too with both cards. Also tried formatting on the PCs.
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Im at a loss then
troublefunk said:
I tried a Kingston 32GB class 10 card first, then bought a generic 32GB class 10. Same issue with both. I do have a smaller 8GB SanDisk class 4 card that I have not tried yet.
I made sure to "safely remove" the cards when connected to the PC. I've tried from both a desktop and laptop. Same results all around. I thought maybe the problem is with class 10 cards but I haven't heard anyone else having issues. I also thought to try a 16GB card. But that would suck since other folks are having success with 64GB cards.
I'm about to try to reset my phone and see if that makes any difference. I may be headed back to the Sprint store this weekend.
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Where did you buy these cards? This seems like a fake capacity card symptom to me. Try copying just one or two songs and see if they stay. The cards are probably fine but this is something I ran across with a friend's card before who unfortunately turned out to be a fake. I hope it's not the case for you. Also (since the cards seem to be empty for you) run this to be sure the SD card is genuine.
If you actually bought it from a reputable source, then my bad but it's best to get all bases covered.
Now if the above is not it and you had the problem with two different cards, then the issue (probably) lies with your computer/transfer cable. Try doing the reverse, copy some things on the card from the phone and try to read it on the PC. If you need something to copy you can always copy the ringtones that come with the phone at /system/media/audio/ringtones.
Let me know what you find out
I seem to recall issues initially with 32g cards acting up, but I thought only if they were a certain class but could be related? Try the 8g you have. I had issues mounting the 32g I had, class 4 I believe, when I was still on stock. Sometimes it would mount, other times it would dismount for no reason without any warning. I would just know bc I couldn't access any thing on it.
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Make sure the cards are formatted Fat 32 to begin with. And yes, definitely try the smaller sd card you mentioned.
Are you sure your looking in sdcard2 and not sdcard when in a file manager?
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Download SDFormatter from sdcard.org. It has always fixed my sd card issues with my phones.
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OK well here is an update.
It turns out the generic 32GB class 10 card was defective. Was able to verify that with the test utility racer posted. Thanks for that btw. I'm running the same test on the kingston card to see what it says.
I also did locate my 8GB class 4 card and that worked like a charm. No problems copying data to or from the card and definitely no disappearing directories. I just want a larger card. LOL. Hopefully the kingston one is ok after I format and test it.
Hello all. Iam new to this, but I am hoping someone can help me out.
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note II from Verizon. I have installed a San Disk 32gb MicroSD card. I used the phone to format the card. I then created folders for music, photos, videos, etc. Next I set these new folders as the defaults for these file types, so that any music and photos, ect, will be stored on the external MicroSD card.
Now my problem: I copied all of my music files (about 1400, all in MPG3 format) to the music folder on the MicroSD card. However, when I attempt to play the music, a song will play for a second or 2, then jump to another song. It keeps doing this. If I play the song (stored on the phone) on my laptop (phone is connected via USB) it does the same thing. It will play a second or so, then stop.
I have deleted and recopied the music several times, I have turned the phone off then back on, nothing seems to help. Sometimes, after attempting to play music on the phone, and it reacts this way, I'll go back to the music folder, and suddenly it shows about 330 songs, not 1400 that were there before. A little while later, it will show all 1400 songs, but they still won't play properly.
I don't know if there is something I need to do with the phone, or the MicroSD card. I also noticed that 4 of my photos in my "images" folder would no longer display on the phone. After re-starting the phone, the 4 image files were gone completely.
This is driving me CRAZY!!! Someone please help!!
Thank you all very much for your support.
Bob
Oops!! I titled this thred as "MicroDS" instead of "MicroSD". Sorry
Is it a new card? One from Ebay or other unreputable seller? If so, you may have been scammed. Google "h2testw", it is a free program used to verify USB memory. It wirtes the entire drive full of data and then attempts to read it back. It will quickly uncover a fake SD card.
If that is not the case, then I don't have any ideas. The symptoms sure sound like a fake card though. The really crappy thing about the fakes is a lot of people loose valuable data when they move stuff to one of these cards. It all looks like it is there, but nothing beyond a few Kb transfers. Most of the time these are 4gb or smaller cards that have had some hacking done to display themselves as much larger. After the actual memory size is full, the file index continues to register files written, but they are physically not there at all.
Good Luck,
Jason
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Is it a new card? One from Ebay or other unreputable seller? If so, you may have been scammed. Google "h2testw", it is a free program used to verify USB memory. It wirtes the entire drive full of data and then attempts to read it back. It will quickly uncover a fake SD card.
If that is not the case, then I don't have any ideas. The symptoms sure sound like a fake card though. The really crappy thing about the fakes is a lot of people loose valuable data when they move stuff to one of these cards. It all looks like it is there, but nothing beyond a few Kb transfers. Most of the time these are 4gb or smaller cards that have had some hacking done to display themselves as much larger. After the actual memory size is full, the file index continues to register files written, but they are physically not there at all.
Good Luck,
Jason
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Hi, I really need help with this. I have the exact same issue except that I've tried 3 different 64gb sd cards now (from 2 different sellers on eBay) and have had the same results. I've tried different methods of transfer and different file types, same thing every time. The h2testw program doesn't detect my phone (phone mem or sd card) so I can't use that.
Now, I will say, all of these cards were ~$30 but were bought from high-rated sellers. Did I just happen to buy 3 hacked cards in a row?
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Hi, I really need help with this. I have the exact same issue except that I've tried 3 different 64gb sd cards now (from 2 different sellers on eBay) and have had the same results. I've tried different methods of transfer and different file types, same thing every time. The h2testw program doesn't detect my phone (phone mem or sd card) so I can't use that.
Now, I will say, all of these cards were ~$30 but were bought from high-rated sellers. Did I just happen to buy 3 hacked cards in a row?
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Same here bought my from ebay 35 bucks first day popped into phone was fine phone read the card. Then i rebooted to flash aosp rom no go with card trued different computers some read card some dont and tryingbto format i get errors or cant complete action. In read on line you can format with a digital camera to UN corrupt the card will try later and report back . I you can try before that would be nice. I have 9 hrs left at work so.
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Get a micro SD USB adapter and do H2Wtestw. The phones only mount MTP or PTP, you cannot run the test on the card in the phone, it has to be mounted as a USB mass storage device on the PC, and yes, I have no doubt that you got three hacked cards in a row. Virtually every high capacity card on ebay is fake. Most people see it mounts as the listed size and leave good feedback, it's too late to adjust your feedback when it eats all your data. Do some research, it is well documented out on the internet as to how many counterfiet cards are out there on eBay.
Later,
Jason
I have had similar problems with a lexar 32GB card. I noticed that when I copied files using the phone to transfer the files that many were incomplete. To verify this open a file browser and check the file sizes. I have another problem with my MicroSD as well. I randomly get an error stating that the card is damaged and needs formatted. I changed the format to exFat which has slowed the problem but it still does this occasionally. I an going to RMA the card and see if another card will perform better. I hope it isn't a problem with the phone because I don't feel like wasting time dealing with returning it to stock and setting up new one.
Is there a a good brand to buy like samsung ..also what does the card(say 64gb) need to be formatted to??
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Is there a a good brand to buy like samsung ..also what does the card(say 64gb) need to be formatted to??
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Samsung, Sandisk, etc. The key is ONLY buy it from someone reputable, i.e. direct from Amazon, NOT one of their resellers, and NOT from eBay. There is no free lunch. A 64GB Class 10 will cost you $50-$60, if its less do NOT buy it, its a knock-off.
Sandisk comes preformatted as exFAT. This is compatible with Samsung Touchwiz and TWRP recovery. It allows very large file sizes.
CM, ASOP roms, and CWM recovery do not support exFAT. You will need to format to Fat32 if you plan to use them. There is a file size limit of 4GB, and you will need third party software to format 64GB on Windows.
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alistairs1 said:
Samsung, Sandisk, etc. The key is ONLY buy it from someone reputable, i.e. direct from Amazon, NOT one of their resellers, and NOT from eBay. There is no free lunch. A 64GB Class 10 will cost you $50-$60, if its less do NOT buy it, its a knock-off.
Sandisk comes preformatted as exFAT. This is compatible with Samsung Touchwiz and TWRP recovery. It allows very large file sizes.
CM, ASOP roms, and CWM recovery do not support exFAT. You will need to format to Fat32 if you plan to use them. There is a file size limit of 4GB, and you will need third party software to format 64GB on Windows.
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Ok thank you.i found out the hard way about the ebay cards.I'm running jellybeans 12 and TWRP recovery.
I bought a no name 64GB Class 10 MicroSD card to replace my 32GB but I can't seem to get my data transferred over cleanly. I've formatted it numerous times (exFAT) both on my PC and my GNote. I have the 32GB card backed up to my PC. I've tried copying from my phone (32GB) to the PC (64GB) and vice versa. Sometimes it will go all the way through without a problem but always only some of the files and folders are copied correctly. Other times, it will throw one of several different errors and the stuff that looked had been copied will vanish. For example, this morning I was copying certain files, essentially one by one and checking in ES File manager to see if they were on the phone's external SD card (64GB) and they were. Then after doing this for a bout an hour it would hiccup and everything I'd copied over and verified with ES File Manager would be gone!?
If it matters, I'm running Windows 8 PC with 4GB ram and 1.31 TB of HD storage. On my Gnote i've tried it with both a stock ICS TW ROM and JellyBeer 4.1.0 with no joy. I've done a bunch of searches here and on Google but nothing seems on point. If it's a bad SD Card, how do I test for that?
When I had a weird problem like that it turned out the SD card was fake. This program determines your actual SD card size.
http://fightflashfraud.wordpress.co...ld-standard-in-detecting-fake-capacity-flash/
Other then that, fat32 is what you should use in Android. Maybe even try letting the phone format the card through settings/ storage. Be advised there will be data loss so backup anything beforehand.
scariola said:
When I had a weird problem like that it turned out the SD card was fake. This program determines your actual SD card size.
http://fightflashfraud.wordpress.co...ld-standard-in-detecting-fake-capacity-flash/
Other then that, fat32 is what you should use in Android. Maybe even try letting the phone format the card through settings/ storage. Be advised there will be data loss so backup anything beforehand.
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Thanx! I'll check it out and report back.
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Thanx! I'll check it out and report back.
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Thanx Scariola! You were right. It was a 4GB card masquerading as a 64GB card.
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Thanx Scariola! You were right. It was a 4GB card masquerading as a 64GB card.
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sorry that this was the way to find out. No name high capacity SD cards would be a red flag.
I even had a couple that said Kingston 32gb which were actually 2gb. Flea bay and craigslist at its worst.
Thanks for reporting back. Hopefully more people are aware of the SD card validator link I posted now.
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sorry that this was the way to find out. No name high capacity SD cards would be a red flag.
I even had a couple that said Kingston 32gb which were actually 2gb. Flea bay and craigslist at its worst.
Thanks for reporting back. Hopefully more people are aware of the SD card validator link I posted now.
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The validator is certainly in my toolbox now. Thanx again. It takes forever to run on the large capacity drive but it was definitely worth. The white lettering is beginning to smudge. Really low class work. I'm getting my money back . . . I think. I think the poor schlub who sold it to me bought and is selling a bunch of them. I think he now knows how exposed he is.
I'm rather a noob with Android and could use some help as I've only had my Verizon Galaxy S4 64GB since February. I'll try and provide as much information as I can so that I can get the proper help.
The problem I am having is that my internal memory is not calculating correctly. Instead of saying 64GB (minus GB for stock ROM size) it calculates to 32.00GB evenly. The phone was previously rooted via this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
I am not sure what I might have done to cause the incorrect storage amount so I'll mention some steps I took that could have been the underlying culprit to the problem.
While my phone was rooted I experienced problems with certain apps that were installed on the phone not being able to update due to the "insufficient storage" error. When this happened I would uninstall the app and re-install it which sometimes worked and other times the storage error continued and I would reinstall the app and all of its data via Titanium Backup.
After getting sick and tired with the "insufficient storage" error I tried clearing the cache for these apps both in application manager and also wiping the cache partition in recovery mode. When that didn't work I tried using the "wipe data/factory reset" option thinking that I could just re-install all my apps fresh and clean,...hopefully without the "insufficient storage" error.
In hindsight, that may not have been the best way to solve the problem. It was after doing all these steps that I first noticed my internal memory now read 32.00GB instead of a higher amount closer to 64GB.
Searching the web and these forums yielded no results to solving the problem,...only a few threads about SD card sizes not calculating correctly. (In case it matters, my SD card's total space is calculating correctly at 7.40GB available on a 8GB card.)
Then the KitKat update from Verizon came out and I decided to install it in hopes of it fixing the problem. In order to upgrade from Android 4.3 to Android 4.4.2 I had to unroot the phone because the upgrade wouldn't work on the phone when rooted. I unrooted using this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2578209
I had trouble doing the No-Wipe method (2 failed attempts) and had to use the Full Wipe method. My SCH-I545 runs on VRUEMK2 and I was very careful in choosing the correct files (well, as certain as I can be). It successfully unrooted. However, the Full Wipe method did not help fix the internal memory problem once the phone was restored to its stock setting.
I installed Android 4.4.2 successfully but, again, the internal memory is not showing the right amount.
So,...can any of you wise and benevolent gurus help or have any ideas? It would be much appreciated.
My phone reads as follows:
Baseband version: I545VRUFNC5 (I noticed this is not VRUEMK2 as before. Is this due to the KitKat upgrade?)
Kernel version: 3.4.0
Build Number: KOT49H.I545VRUFNC5
Thanks in advance for your help. Let me know if you need any more information I might have missed.
I never heard of a 64 gb s4
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I never heard of a 64 gb s4
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Hi, decaturbob! I purchased the 64GB through my local Verizon Wireless store. They had to send away for it but they did have it. I don't know if it is something that is newly offered or by request but I did buy it quite recently (middle of February, 2014). I promise that the Total Space did read higher than 32.00GB before (and, yes, I know the difference between the internal memory and the SD card memory, in case anyone wonders). I just want to recover that space since I paid extra for it.
Decaturbob is right. There is no version on Verizon that has 64Gb of storage. They only have 16 and 32. My guess is that You have a 32gb s4 and an extra sd card installed which caused you to think you had higher than 32gb internal storage.
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ppat324wi said:
Decaturbob is right. There is no version on Verizon that has 64GB of storage. They only have 16 and 32. My guess is that You have a 32GB S4 and an extra SD card installed which caused you to think you had higher than 32GB internal storage.
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OK, I am not saying that isn't possible because I want to be open to all possibilities (including the notion that I really don't know what the hell I am talking about).
But if what you say is true, then why do I not see this extra SD card slot in the Storage menu? (My SD card currently reads 7.40GB available which is correct.) And why was my Total Space showing more than 32GB when I first bought the phone? Perhaps this hypothetical extra SD card was linked to the internal memory so they showed up as 64GB combined? If so, then I want that back! I can always go back to the guy who sold it to me, I guess, and see about replacing it,...although it WAS rooted and that may pose a problem even after I returned to the stock ROM, unrooted.
Or, let's put it this way,...if this was a 32GB phone that incorrectly calculated only 16GB of internal memory what would you advise that person to do?
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OK, I am not saying that isn't possible because I want to be open to all possibilities (including the notion that I really don't know what the hell I am talking about).
But if what you say is true, then why do I not see this extra SD card slot in the Storage menu? (My SD card currently reads 7.40GB available which is correct.) And why was my Total Space showing more than 32GB when I first bought the phone? Perhaps this hypothetical extra SD card was linked to the internal memory so they showed up as 64GB combined? If so, then I want that back! I can always go back to the guy who sold it to me, I guess, and see about replacing it,...although it WAS rooted and that may pose a problem even after I returned to the stock ROM, unrooted.
Or, let's put it this way,...if this was a 32GB phone that incorrectly calculated only 16GB of internal memory what would you advise that person to do?
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install diskusage, it will show you where files are on internal sd card as well as your extsd card
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decaturbob said:
install diskusage, it will show you where files are on internal sd card as well as your extsd card
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Thanks, decaturbob. I installed diskusage and it showed 24747MiB for Storage Card and 7577MiB for /storage/extSdCard. No other cards were detected (as I didn't think there would be). Well, I am willing to accept that my phone is really a 32GB phone and not a 64GB as I have believed since purchase. Only one thing bothers me,...why did it read over 32GB when I first purchased the phone? Seriously, that was the first thing I checked when I got the phone was the storage capacity because that is what I wanted - 64GB. It makes no sense. And I don't do drugs. Really! I was very explicit about what I wanted with the Verizon rep and I paid an extra $200 over the 32GB model for it as I understood at the time. I just don't get it. I plan on taking it to Verizon after work and finding out exactly what the hell I payed for and received.
Thanks anyways to those of you willing to help. If anything you either got a good laugh out of this or, like me, will wake up screaming in the night over it. I suspect the first is more likely with you guys. :laugh:
matteber said:
Thanks, decaturbob. I installed diskusage and it showed 24747MiB for Storage Card and 7577MiB for /storage/extSdCard. No other cards were detected (as I didn't think there would be). Well, I am willing to accept that my phone is really a 32GB phone and not a 64GB as I have believed since purchase. Only one thing bothers me,...why did it read over 32GB when I first purchased the phone? Seriously, that was the first thing I checked when I got the phone was the storage capacity because that is what I wanted - 64GB. It makes no sense. And I don't do drugs. Really! I was very explicit about what I wanted with the Verizon rep and I paid an extra $200 over the 32GB model for it as I understood at the time. I just don't get it. I plan on taking it to Verizon after work and finding out exactly what the hell I payed for and received.
Thanks anyways to those of you willing to help. If anything you either got a good laugh out of this or, like me, will wake up screaming in the night over it. I suspect the first is more likely with you guys. :laugh:
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Take a look at your receipt...The 32gb s4 was a bunch more
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Not sure if this will work, but from an adb shell, do "su", then "cat /proc/partitions" and see what size mmcblk0 is reported to be. On my 16GB unit, it's 15388672 (1024 byte blocks = a bit less than 16 GB).
There's a VERY remote possibility that you flashed a 32 GB partition table (PIT) onto your phone, causing it to lose half the storage.
Why I say "very" is because Verizon never sold a 64 GB SCH-i545 to my knowledge, just 16 and 32 GB models.
And I think you would have remembered using ODIN to flash a new PIT file. Rooting alone didn't do this.
Any way that you could check the serial number to find out if it was a 64Gb?
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Have you looked on your receipt or the side of the box the phone came in? It should say either 16 or 32
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@matteber
Have you looked on your receipt or the side of the box the phone came in? It should say either 16 or 32
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I took the phone back to Verizon Wireless. It is a 32GB phone according to the serial number. They said that they keep stock of both 16 and 32GB phones and that the sales rep who took three days and supposedly ordered the 64GB model for me was fired a few weeks back for rooting (or offering to root) customer phones on the side. I don't really know what is up with the whole thing but they did give me $300+ back that I was apparently overcharged. Whatever. I'll just buy a 32 or 64GB SD Card for the extra memory I wanted. Not the way I wanted to do it but,...oh well.
Thanks to all who gave ideas, suggestions and other input.
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I took the phone back to Verizon Wireless. It is a 32GB phone according to the serial number. They said that they keep stock of both 16 and 32GB phones and that the sales rep who took three days and supposedly ordered the 64GB model for me was fired a few weeks back for rooting (or offering to root) customer phones on the side. I don't really know what is up with the whole thing but they did give me $300+ back that I was apparently overcharged. Whatever. I'll just buy a 32 or 64GB SD Card for the extra memory I wanted. Not the way I wanted to do it but,...oh well.
Thanks to all who gave ideas, suggestions and other input.
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Wow huh what a shady deal that all turned out to be. That's great you got money back though. I use both a Transcend and SanDisk 64g cards in both S4's I have. Both cards have treated me very well. Got them in Amazon for cheap too
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