The LG spec sheet says the G3 supports a 128GB-2TB Micro SD card. I don't need 128GB on my phone, but I would be ok with 64GB (or maybe even 32GB) of extra space.
Has anyone tried using a smaller card than 128GB in the G3 and can tell me if it works???
Thanks!!
mrhumble1 said:
The LG spec sheet says the G3 supports a 128GB-2TB Micro SD card. I don't need 128GB on my phone, but I would be ok with 64GB (or maybe even 32GB) of extra space.
Has anyone tried using a smaller card than 128GB in the G3 and can tell me if it works???
Thanks!!
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I'm running a 64 with no issues as of yet.
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I'm running a 64 with no issues as of yet.
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same here my 64 gb is working fine
Anyone try a 128gb card? Thinking of picking one up.
I have an older 32gb in mine and I'm running quite fine.
I bought a 64GB microSD card today and formatted it in my G3. I can't seem to write any files to it except with Root Explorer and the stock File Manager. FolderSync and Astro File Manager won't create a new folder on the card. Any ideas?
I created the folders to sync to in FolderSync and it says it completes successfully in 0 seconds and syncs no files.
edit: Never mind, apparently it is a known issue. I'm trying one of the solutions.
http://www.tacit.dk/foldersync/bugs
oneandroidnut said:
same here my 64 gb is working fine
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oneandroidnut...
i always see you in different phone forms. you always get the next best thing like me LOL. hopefully this bootloader gets unlocked
I just put in my 64 GB SD Card from my S3 and I have no issues.
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Anyone try a 128gb card? Thinking of picking one up.
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Works great
64gb sdcard no problems.
Stock kitkat will require root for apps to have write access to your external sd card. If you're rooted or plan on rooting this app here will simplify the fix for you: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix
This is not an lg bug, but a horrible choice on Googles part that will probably change in Android L....
That app works great or you can manually do it yourself (if you fear apps) by:
Open file:
/system/etc/permissions/platform.xml
Then add this to the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE section.=:
<group gid=”media_rw” />
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Works great
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Awesome, thanks!
kwkw480 said:
oneandroidnut...
i always see you in different phone forms. you always get the next best thing like me LOL. hopefully this bootloader gets unlocked
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Haha I hope it does too and here is current lineup
10314713_800861479954242_3412484084852192907_n by LUKE1333, on Flickr
https://flic.kr/p/opisX1
I have tried 8, 32 and 64GB cards in my G3 and all work fine.
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I wonder if anyone's looked in to this? Could be huge - most of us have a dead simcard slot - I wonder if there's a way to hack in an sdcard reader to the hardware?
What dead MicroSD card slot?
Do you mean the slot that has the serial # info and has nothing to do with ab SD card?
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What dead MicroSD card slot?
Do you mean the slot that has the serial # info and has nothing to do with ab SD card?
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He said dead sim card slot, not dead MicroSD card slot. The OP clearly realises the slot has nothing to do with an SD card. Seems you have misunderstood or not bothered to read it properly but nevertheless im sure the pretty much redundant piece of plastic with the serial info is something that I'm sure a lot of TP users would be prepared to sacrifice if they could mod in a card reader.
If you're going to hack anything then hack the USB port to work as a host and read away!
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He said dead sim card slot, not dead MicroSD card slot. The OP clearly realises the slot has nothing to do with an SD card. Seems you have misunderstood or not bothered to read it properly but nevertheless im sure the pretty much redundant piece of plastic with the serial info is something that I'm sure a lot of TP users would be prepared to sacrifice if they could mod in a card reader.
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Yes, I misunderstood... my apologies.
I've wondered if it would be possible to solder in a wire from a +5v somewhere to the USB. (I'm sure someone will quickly point out if this is a "bad" idea...)
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tekowalsky said:
I've wondered if it would be possible to solder in a wire from a +5v somewhere to the USB. (I'm sure someone will quickly point out if this is a "bad" idea...)
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you would probably need to create 5v first. the touchpad I think runs off something like 3v. while I seems like a good idea to hack in a card reader,my feeling is not to.worry until you in out of memory. a better idea might be a device stuck to the back containing a extra battery and a card.reader. It would make the tablet thicker but increase battery life and provide plenty of storageas well as providing the power needed for the reader.
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If you're going to hack anything then hack the USB port to work as a host and read away!
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This would also be awesome. I think it would take a bit more for this though than an sdcard since the sdcard can operate up to 3.7v.
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LateralOctober said:
This would also be awesome. I think it would take a bit more for this though than an sdcard since the sdcard can operate up to 3.7v.
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Sorry I wasn't clear enough, you can do this for real right now!
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Sorry I wasn't clear enough, you can do this for real right now!
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Do you have a link?
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Do you have a link?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1316174
And there is another fuller in depth post on another forum which I will not post here as the last time I tried to be helpful I was accused of spamming and threatened with a ban so you will have to try a google.
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Oh what the heck
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/3724-functional-usb-host-on-touchpad/
pa49 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1316174
And there is another fuller in depth post on another forum which I will not post here as the last time I tried to be helpful I was accused of spamming and threatened with a ban so you will have to try a google.
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Oh what the heck
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/3724-functional-usb-host-on-touchpad/
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Well that's not near what the OP was talking about. An SD card that give you build in storage, even on the go, is much more practical than this option.
Still could be useful, but for me it not very practical.
RojasTKD said:
Well that's not near what the OP was talking about. An SD card that give you build in storage, even on the go, is much more practical than this option.
Still could be useful, but for me it not very practical.
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Of course it isn't, but it is what I was talking about and the OP asked for the link.
So what's your problem?
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Of course it isn't, but it is what I was talking about and the OP asked for the link.
So what's your problem?
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I don't have a problem...
1. I didn't see where he asked about it... my apologies there.
2. Just pointing out the limited usefulness compared to the SD card solution.
I wasn't trying to be a jerk.
Personally I think the best solution would have been if HP would of just included an SD or MicroSD card. It drive me nuts when manufacturers mimic the apple model and give you less option and features as if that will equal success (looking at you Touchpad and GalaxyTab 10.1).
Um... Looks like the subject is just about buried in the amount of crap everyone has been piling on so far.
So back to constructive discussion... What are the advantages of having SD card in your mobile device (be it a phone or a tablet)?
I have a 16GB microSD card in my Nexus One, and I have never taken it out. I almost wish all of the flash was just integrated.
With quality of USB and network file transfer protocols I think SD is just about useless.
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Um... Looks like the subject is just about buried in the amount of crap everyone has been piling on so far.
So back to constructive discussion... What are the advantages of having SD card in your mobile device (be it a phone or a tablet)?
I have a 16GB microSD card in my Nexus One, and I have never taken it out. I almost wish all of the flash was just integrated.
With quality of USB and network file transfer protocols I think SD is just about useless.
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Very simple, I can put all my photos, videos, documents, downloads, Maps for my GPS apps on my SD card. It leaves more space on my device for apps and if and when I wipe my device I don't lose any of it. I've had time when I was having an issue with a device and had to wipe everything. Having certain files on my SDcard kept me from loosing anything. with my phone I've stored different ROM on my SDcard so I could test them out and switch between various ROM with ease.
I don't take my SDcard out either, the purpose of the SDcard isn't to move files from you computer to you phone but rather as storage.
But, I'll give you $10 for that useless 16GB microSD card.
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Very simple, I can put all my photos, videos, documents, downloads, Maps for my GPS apps on my SD card. It leaves more space on my device for apps and if and when I wipe my device I don't lose any of it. I've had time when I was having an issue with a device and had to wipe everything. Having certain files on my SDcard kept me from loosing anything. with my phone I've stored different ROM on my SDcard so I could test them out and switch between various ROM with ease.
I don't take my SDcard out either, the purpose of the SDcard isn't to move files from you computer to you phone but rather as storage.
But, I'll give you $10 for that useless 16GB microSD card.
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Technically a TouchPad without hardware damage is unbrickable, USB is connected to CPU so you could always push a boot image to RAM.
You do bring up a valid issue, but some of the ways you can stop relying on local storage are cloud storage and cloud backups. These Palm accounts that we get with WebOS on the TouchPads do just that.
Which brings us to the next question, can we have an application to access our Palm accounts from Android?
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You do bring up a valid issue, but some of the ways you can stop relying on local storage are cloud storage and cloud backups. These Palm accounts that we get with WebOS on the TouchPads do just that.
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But I like local storage. I rather have my music on my SD card. There are some picture I'd also like to have on my device locally. Same with documents and a variety of other thing. I don't have to have everything on there, but there are something I would like to have. Not to mention that being a WiFi device I can't always have access to cloud storage.
There is room for both in my opinion.
OK, I'm done... back to you regularly scheduled thread.
ive been curious about this since i got mine, but i have a 32gb, so its never really been a project in the front of my mind...imma take a look at the whitesheets and teardowns (cuz i dont wanna open mine if SD isnt possible ) and see if there are even pins for data available, but im pretty sure there isnt, which would also explain why devs are working on getting OTG running
I've got just under 2 GB left of the 11.36GB the phone says is available. I've got about 100 apps and my camera is set to save to the external SD. Anyone else using up their memory rather quickly?
Adelaide. said:
I've got just under 2 GB left of the 11.36GB the phone says is available. I've got about 100 apps and my camera is set to save to the external SD. Anyone else using up their memory rather quickly?
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Hmm... do you have some enormous apps installed? I still have well over 7 gigs free, and I'm not even using an external SD. I have quite a few pics, a few dozen apps, and some music.
Not that I can see. Largest is Adobe flash at 12.38mb. There are a couple others around 10mb, and the rest are all 5mb or under. 405MB used by apps.
Edit: I think I found the issue. The CWM folder is 7.9GB.
Dear lord, what's in that folder?
9 nandroid back ups. Which is about 6 more than I remember making.
That would be to many backups......LOL
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I make a point of deleting old backups, so I've got one backup per ROM I work with.
I rename them manually using ADB. (The phone is always by the computer on USB when Nandroiding.)
Adelaide. said:
I've got just under 2 GB left of the 11.36GB the phone says is available. I've got about 100 apps and my camera is set to save to the external SD. Anyone else using up their memory rather quickly?
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Do you have any trouble saving your pictures to the external sd card? When I do about 50% of them come up corrupt.Could just be the card, going to return it and try again this weekend. 32GB class
10 Kingston.
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Entropy, I have no idea how I ended up with so many. I suspect it may have something to do with the time I spent trying to screw around with rom manager.
I haven't had any issues so far except for some lag. I have a 8GB sandisk that is probably a class 2 or 4. I'm looking at getting a 32BG class 10 here soon which will hopefully eliminate the lag I'm getting after taking pictures.
I'm curious...what was the problem? The extra backups eating up that much space?
Yup, each back up was about 3/4 of a GB.
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Adelaide. said:
Yup, each back up was about 3/4 of a GB.
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Yikes! I'm going to have to delete some of my older backups then! Now...which folder are teh backups defaulted to?
DefTaker said:
Yikes! I'm going to have to delete some of my older backups then! Now...which folder are teh backups defaulted to?
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Clockworldmod folder
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy SII - please forgive if any typos
sirooga said:
Do you have any trouble saving your pictures to the external sd card? When I do about 50% of them come up corrupt.Could just be the card, going to return it and try again this weekend. 32GB class
10 Kingston.
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Sirooga,
There is a known problem with some 32gb class 10 cards corrupting data in android phones. The workaround is to format it with a windows pc. Do a full format, not a quick one, and the important part is to set the cluster size to 32kb. After that it put it back in the phone and all should be good.
Racer447 said:
Sirooga,
There is a known problem with some 32gb class 10 cards corrupting data in android phones. The workaround is to format it with a windows pc. Do a full format, not a quick one, and the important part is to set the cluster size to 32kb. After that it put it back in the phone and all should be good.
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Where is your source for this information? I'm curious as I just purchased a new 32GB microSD card. Thanks!
CNLiberal said:
Where is your source for this information? I'm curious as I just purchased a new 32GB microSD card. Thanks!
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First of all, the newer cards supposedly have updated their firmware so it's not an issue anymore. So if you have a newly purchased card from a supplier with fresh stock I doubt this would apply.
But for anyone having corruption issues it may be worth a try.
Here is a link to a related thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1146665
And here is the post I was referring to, cut and paste from the Patriot memory support forum:
"We have found that there is an industry wide compatibility problem with the new Android based and Windows 7 phones working with 32GB class 10 micro SD cards. We have seen issues with the Samsung Focus, Motorola Driod/X, HTC Evo 4g. We are currently working on a solution for this compatibility issue. Google and Microsoft have stated that there are known compatibility issues with 32GB class 10 micro SD cards and are working on a solution as well.
We have found a fix that works in many cases, where you format the card in a Windows based PC, with FAT32, allocation size 32kb, and full format. This is not an official fix, but troubleshooting steps that has worked in many cases, we are still working on a permanent solution for this issue.
Thank You for choosing Patriot Memory!"
Racer447 said:
First of all, the newer cards supposedly have updated their firmware so it's not an issue anymore. So if you have a newly purchased card from a supplier with fresh stock I doubt this would apply.
But for anyone having corruption issues it may be worth a try.
here is the post I was referring to, cut and paste from the Patriot memory support forum:
"We have found that there is an industry wide compatibility problem with the new Android based and Windows 7 phones working with 32GB class 10 micro SD cards. We have seen issues with the Samsung Focus, Motorola Driod/X, HTC Evo 4g. We are currently working on a solution for this compatibility issue. Google and Microsoft have stated that there are known compatibility issues with 32GB class 10 micro SD cards and are working on a solution as well.
We have found a fix that works in many cases, where you format the card in a Windows based PC, with FAT32, allocation size 32kb, and full format. This is not an official fix, but troubleshooting steps that has worked in many cases, we are still working on a permanent solution for this issue.
Thank You for choosing Patriot Memory!"
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I'm doing this now, and it's taking a LONG time. I thought the progress bar wasn't moving at all, but it is. It's been going for at least 10 minutes so far.
Racer447 said:
Sirooga,
There is a known problem with some 32gb class 10 cards corrupting data in android phones. The workaround is to format it with a windows pc. Do a full format, not a quick one, and the important part is to set the cluster size to 32kb. After that it put it back in the phone and all should be good.
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I will try this tonight. I had tried a couple of cluster sizes before with no luck and full formats take a while.will hit thanks when i'm at a PC.
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You guys may want to try deleting some of your old unwatched porn movies.....I know mine take up a couple of gigs of my storage
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sirooga said:
I will try this tonight. I had tried a couple of cluster sizes before with no luck and full formats take a while.will hit thanks when i'm at a PC.
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Well I think the solution is to get a class 4 or 6 card until they figure it out.it didn't work on Kingston 32GB class 10
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My 32gb card is almost out of juice!
I don't know how. My EVO 4G never got as close to low space as my jetstream does. I do have a 64gb card in my EVO LTE. I will swap them out and see if the Jetstream is friendly with it.
Even though it isn't 'supported', it still may work, just as for the EVO LTE.
typhoonikan said:
My 32gb card is almost out of juice!
I don't know how. My EVO 4G never got as close to low space as my jetstream does. I do have a 64gb card in my EVO LTE. I will swap them out and see if the Jetstream is friendly with it.
Even though it isn't 'supported', it still may work, just as for the EVO LTE.
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I am guessing it should work - assuming that Jetstream has no problem recognizing and accessing a 1TB external hard disk connected via connectors. However, I am not sure. Perhaps you could tell us all.
I will be testing a 2TB hard disk on the tablet soon though - will report about that once I do.
Would love to know as well. Thanks
I have meant to reply to this thread and keep forgetting.
Aye, Time management.
Yes, this device works with 64gb sd cards.
Confirmed on my device
Thats great news! I can put a card on order
typhoonikan said:
I have meant to reply to this thread and keep forgetting.
Aye, Time management.
Yes, this device works with 64gb sd cards.
Confirmed on my device
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Hey can you please give us the details of which memory card and stuff you are using and formatted in which format (FAT32/NTFS) for the 64GB memory card that works on your Jetstream? Am looking to get one for myself. Thanks in advance.
kailashpchhabria said:
Hey can you please give us the details of which memory card and stuff you are using and formatted in which format (FAT32/NTFS) for the 64GB memory card that works on your Jetstream? Am looking to get one for myself. Thanks in advance.
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I couldn't get the 64GB card to work in it's natural state. I formatted it on a SGIII and it would not work. But I put it on my laptop and formatted in FAT32 and it works. They only problem is that FAT32 doesn't recognize files larger than 4GB
Oh ok. Then I guess you can format it in ntfs and then use paragon mount to mount the ntfs memory card and access all 64gb of it. Thanks for the reply.
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I have not looked for one but I've been told they exist.
Question: will it be possible to fully use one on the max?
I have a 64GB card, but it would be nice to have more memory.
I work shift work and have lots of movies on my card as well as lots of music.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51303401&postcount=6
I'm using this one without any issues:
http://www.sandisk.co.uk/goto/newmicrosd128/
You can use up to any size card they come out with as long as it's class 10 sdxc
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You can use up to any size card they come out with as long as it's class 10 sdxc
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Do you know if this will work with/be recognized properly by TWRP? I'd like to pick one of these up.
GrandMasterB said:
Do you know if this will work with/be recognized properly by TWRP? I'd like to pick one of these up.
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Yeah it is. I have one in my max
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Yeah it is. I have one in my max
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Got one ordered, will be here Tuesday. Thank you for confirming it works with TWRP.
I have ordered one from amazon lets see if it is good I will surely post here
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Got one ordered, will be here Tuesday. Thank you for confirming it works with TWRP.
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No problem. You won't regret it, it's a nice amount of storage
I had been using a Samsung evo 32gb in my g3 with no issues. I upgraded to the Samsung evo 128gb and now when I play my music, the music drops out a lot. I don't understand. I had a replacement sent to me and it does the same thing. I bought them from Amazon and have ran two different apps to test them. They come back as genuine Samsung cards. The cards are reading @ 41 mbs. So I'm not sure what the deal is. I only have a couple of days before I have to send the card back so I'm trying to find out if the cards are good or not. Thanks.
I had been using a Samsung evo 32gb in my g3 with no issues. I upgraded to the Samsung evo 128gb and now when I play my music, the music drops out a lot. I don't understand. I had a replacement sent to me and it does the same thing. I bought them from Amazon and have ran two different apps to test them. They come back as genuine Samsung cards. The cards are reading @ 41 mbs. So I'm not sure what the deal is. I only have a couple of days before I have to send the card back so I'm trying to find out if the cards are good or not. Thanks.
What format is the card in? FAT32? ExFAT? Whichever it is, try the other. Even if it came formatted, you can try formatting it from the phone instead. Sometimes it makes a difference.
Also, there's some apps to increase the cache for your Micro SD card. I think some music apps have a cache setting, too.
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What format is the card in? FAT32? ExFAT? Whichever it is, try the other. Even if it came formatted, you can try formatting it from the phone instead. Sometimes it makes a difference.
Also, there's some apps to increase the cache for your Micro SD card. I think some music apps have a cache setting, too.
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Sweet. I'll check into the formatting. Can you give some examples of apps you are referring to? Thanks!
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Sweet. I'll check into the formatting. Can you give some examples of apps you are referring to? Thanks!
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I haven't used any in a while so I don't remember specifically the app names.
If you search the Play Store for SD cache I see some but some of the hits are for other things related to cache, so you'll just have to judge by their names.
I think among all the other things it does, I believe ROM Toolbox by JRummy does that, but that app's overkill and might require buying for some features.
Sometimes I wish I could pay it forward with apps I've bought in the past. I've probably stopped using more apps that I've paid for than apps I currently use that require being bought.
You're welcome!
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I haven't used any in a while so I don't remember specifically the app names.
If you search the Play Store for SD cache I see some but some of the hits are for other things related to cache, so you'll just have to judge by their names.
I think among all the other things it does, I believe ROM Toolbox by JRummy does that, but that app's overkill and might require buying for some features.
Sometimes I wish I could pay it forward with apps I've bought in the past. I've probably stopped using more apps that I've paid for than apps I currently use that require being bought.
You're welcome!
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Thanks man. I sure appreciate your help. My old card was fat 32, new one is exfat. I'm backing up my sd card at this moment, so I can change it. Again thank you. Much appreciated.
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Interesting to hear if your reformatting makes a difference.
I have a 128gb Lexar 633x Class 10 (black/blue) that my VZW G3 will not recognize(mount) the card in any format or formatted with different softwares. Works fine is cameras and pcs/laptops.
But it will mount the 54gb version of same card.
good luck
Well, going from exfat to fat 32 seems to have helped some. It still has some drop out, but not like before. I'd say it's probably reduced to 1/2 or 1/4 of what I was experiencing.