hey everyone, i recently got a new Patriot 16gb class 10 micro SD card, and its blazing fast, but i have problems with it, it works perfectly fine when i format it but once i start syncing my music to it, it causes my phone to freeze up and starts FC'ing all my programs, and when the screen turns off it doesnt turn back on and i have to reboot it. When i put in my old SD card it reads and functions perfectly.
what could be causing the problem? i have the exact same files in my new SD card as in my old one, so it couldnt be any of the files, can the D2G support class 10 SD cards? i tried SBF'ing and starting fresh but i still have the same problems, and formatting the drive and syncing the files again doesnt help. i even used h2testw to verify that the card isnt fake and it isnt.
You really need to stick to Kingston and SanDisk <= class 6
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unfortunately, the droid series of phones dont support class 10 cards, it took me a very long time searching, but i found that out. either way, i traded my card for a class 6 card with my friend, so im fine, even though i downgraded, thanks.
I wouldn't be surprised if it could be patched at some point to support class 10.
But probably not on a locked Bootloader of the D2G
From what I read, its the hardware that doesn't support class 10 cards, from what I read only the desire HD class of phones and the atrix support class 10 cards
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ok, what the hell is going on? i put in a 16gb class 6 card in my D2G and it acted up in the same way it did with the class 10 card, same thing with a class 4 card, what the hell is wrong? this is really pissing me off because ive wasted a lot of money on these sd cards, and none of them are working, my D2G only seems to like the standard 8gb that came with it.
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ok, what the hell is going on? i put in a 16gb class 6 card in my D2G and it acted up in the same way it did with the class 10 card, same thing with a class 4 card, what the hell is wrong? this is really pissing me off because ive wasted a lot of money on these sd cards, and none of them are working, my D2G only seems to like the standard 8gb that came with it.
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Brand matters. Make sure it is either SanDisk or Kingston...
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Its sandisk
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Did you unmount and then remount the cards?
i tried everything at this point, if it doesnt freeze my phone it cant unmount, the few times i manage to unmount it and format it, i try to sinc my files back onto it and it starts freezing up again, im pretty sure at this point that its something wrong with my phone and not the sd cards, this has been happening with every 16gb sd card i can find
No offense, but are you sure it is indeed a SanDisk and not a Chinese cheap fake clone?
Yes it is indeed sandisk, I bought it off of newegg, not ebay where they sell the chinese clones, I ran h2testw to ensure it was up to spec and it is.
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so no one knows whats wrong with it? im thinking i might have to rma my phone...
I'm having a similar issue with my D2G, and a 16GB Class-4 Lexar SD card. I used 'rsync' to copy all my data from my 8GB card to the 16GB, and it will boot up and work for a minute or so, then it either freezes up, or the screen turns off and I can't turn it back on again.
The only thing I have not tried is to use the phone to format the card. I almost want to say that when I first installed it, it seemed to work, but I didn't want to have to redo settings or re-download apps that are on the SD card. Maybe there's some data messing it up. I used 'rsync' so it should have gotten all the .hidden files, and respect any permissions, so I'm not sure what the deal is.
Maybe I just need to spend some time, and reload all my apps and redo my settings that might have been saved to the SD? Anyone else have this issue or something similar?
Regards,
Bruce
I just ordered a 16 gig class 10 and hope that it will work.... as it is a pain to return. Have heard that there is a great speed advantage to using the high speed card and sideloading most photo Apps to the card. Did u get the card to work in the end?
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my class 4 16GB card worked, it was any card that was of a higher class that didnt work, to this day i still have my 16GB class 6 card that causes freeze ups and reboots on my phone no matter what i do, i have no idea what causes it to act that way, but im pretty sure that this phone has a class limit of 4
Hi,
Did you copy everything from your old card to the new one, or just start "fresh" with the new card?
Also, did you use the phone to format the new card, or just start using it out of the box?
Many thanks...
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i pretty much tried everything, formatting it on my computer, formatting it on the phone, copying files over, starting from scratch and syncing my music, every time it would start out working fine, but once there were a few files on the sd card it would start freezing up, the thing works just fine on my friends inspire 4g, he had it before me and had all his music and files on it and it worked flawlessly, i dont see why it doesnt work on the d2g.
I'm unable to get my class-4 16GB card to work with my D2G, so I'm going to exchange it for a class-2. The phone is supposed to be able to take up to 32GB, correct? I'm starting to think it's an issue with anything > class-2 speed.
the sd card that the phone comes with is a class 4, and my class 4 16gb card worked, it might be your sd card as someone said earlier
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I've reviewed the threads (many very old) on here and none seem to really address my concern, so here goes...
I have a 32GB Patriot Class 10 card for my Inspire 4G smartphone. I'm running Revolution HD rom and the rom's rock solid...great performance, battery life, etc.
For some damn reason, I cannot figure out why I'm getting errors from Android (Froyo) telling me that the SD card is damaged. It will prompt me to format and start over, each time basically causing me to reinstall apps and I'll lose pictures and video in the process each time this happens.
When it happens:
Windows 7 will not allow access to the card (only option is format) and Android device cannot (or will not) mount the card. Unless I format that is.
I've tried formatting via Windows as well as via Android but this seems to happen to me every 1-2 days now. It's getting really old and I'm about fed up with it.
I don't know if it's something to do with the rom I'm using, or if it's the micro SD card itself...or if it's (uh oh) the card reader port built into the Inspire 4G. Who knows. Maybe it's how class 10 works for all I know. It's really lame.
It might even somehow be the fact that I was running apps from the SD card. I don't know if this relates, but I've forced non-movable apps to the SD card sometimes via Titanium Backup as well. Maybe that plays a role in this.
I'm at my wit's end and don't know what else to do. Appreciate any feedback!
Did you get this card from eBay?
After you put the card in your Windows machine, when you are done, do you right click on the drive and hit "eject" or do you just pull it out?
Try the stock 8gb card for a day and see if you get any errors. I'm betting your 32gb card has the issue.
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Hey fellas.
Just realized that I wasn't necessarily using the most current version of Revolution rom. I had beta 2 HD, which may have been some time ago. I re-flashed with the one released yesterday (v3.2) and re-formatted the card as well.
So far so good, so we'll see how it goes on my 32GB Patriot Class 10. Card was purchased at Fry's Electronics in Wilsonville, OR.
Also, I always "eject" the card from Windows and also "unmount" in Android before removing the card. Always!~
After a flashed ROM from CM7 back to bamf 1.6.3 REMIX, I was greeted by a READ-ONLY error with my SD Card.
Tapping on it to correct the issues doesn't work. I cannot even format it. So I am sad right now. I am going to have to drive all the way back to the Verizon store and hope they will exchange it out. I have only had the phone for 2.5 weeks.
this happened to me too, but "fixed" itself
I had the same problem when I flashed Black Hole and I thought it was a problem with the ROM. I restored to Liquid 1.3 and it went away, but then came back again on a different Liquid install. Not sure what causes it, but restoring and reflashing seems to fix it for me sometimes. Using a 32GB class 6 SD and flashing from ROM Manager and from within recovery.
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What brand of microSD cards ship yall's TBolt? Are they Kingston, SanDisk, or something else/something de-branded?
andrewc513 said:
What brand of microSD cards ship yall's TBolt? Are they Kingston, SandDisk, or something else/something de-branded?
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SanDisk 32GB Class 4
Not using the "stock" card, switched to a Komputerbay class 6 as soon as I received the phone (I had been using the card without incident for several months in a Droid previously). This weird "sd card mounted as read only" issue only happened the couple times though and not sense. ???
Swapped out the card today at the VW store. They thought it was odd. Walked away with a free MicroSD card reader.
Turd Furguson said:
Swapped out the card today at the VW store. They thought it was odd. Walked away with a free MicroSD card reader.
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My SD card just crapped out on me. I thought it was my phone at first and I panicked, but the 16GB from my D2 works fine in it for now. I put the 32GB SD in my Transformer, my D2, and my Win7 PC and they all choke on it. Win7 locks up Explorer and the Transformer reboots when I insert it... I guess I'll have to go to Verizon too. I haven't even had this card for a week yet... :-(
BTW, Nice screen name. My brother likes to go by that name on the home caller id system. It's funny hearing it said out loud when he calls. "Call from: Turd Ferguson!" lol
Happened to me as well, first week of owning the phone, wasn't even rooted yet. Verizon swapped the card out for free under warranty, haven't had a problem since.
Add me to this list as well. Been using a 16 gig card from my incredible and haven't had an issue yet.
On the way home yesterday, I tried to play some music from my phone, and my phone said there was no SD card availalbe. I tried several things, and sure enough, my SD card is dead. I called Verizon, and they walked me through everything I just did. They declared it dead. They said they are out of stock, but would be happy to send me a 16Gb card. Eh...NO! They said the only thing they could do was to put me in touch with Sandisk to do an RMA. So, Verizon connects me to Sandisk. I explain to them that Verizon has already declaired the card dead, and I just need an RMA # to return it. It really is just that simple, but no we have to spend the next 30 mintues doing everything a 3rd time to prove the card is dead. Then Sandisk comes back and says the 32 GB card is out of stock, but that they can send me 2 16 GB cards instead. NO!!! I don't want 2 16 GB cards!!! Just send me the 32 GB card when you have one. They said ok, but it will be at least 3-4 weeks. After an hour and a half on the phone with Verizon then Sandisk, I have an RMA number. I am going to take a chance and go to my local Verizon to see if I can just swap it out there. Until then I am back to my 16 GB Sandisk card from my Touch Pro. This is the third Sandisk microSD card that has gone bad on me. I think I will be avoiding Sandisk from now on.
I'm not sure why this happens, but you can fix it by formatting the card.
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rickyrick1 said:
I'm not sure why this happens, but you can fix it by formatting the card.
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I tried. The card is dead. I tried formatting using Win 7, the Thunderbolt, and also using a SD card format tool made by HP. All said it was either damage or could not be formatted. I have only had the phone 6 weeks, and I had no backup of my SD card. So backup your SD cards!!!
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I tried. The card is dead. I tried formatting using Win 7, the Thunderbolt, and also using a SD card format tool made by HP. All said it was either damage or could not be formatted. I have only had the phone 6 weeks, and I had no backup of my SD card. So backup your SD cards!!!
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Have you tried formatting it from clockworkmod?
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Have you tried formatting it from clockworkmod?
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Yeah, clockworkmod says formating...done, but the phone and pc won't register the presence of a card. It's dead, but thanks for the suggestion.
I'm starting to get really annoyed with either this phone/android or cm7. My SD card apparently has been "damaged" yet again for the 2nd time in 2 days while the phone sat at idle. I have a backup of all the important items but this is beyond annoying to keep reformatting sd cards. Any ideas as to what might be destroying my sd card?
What's the default capacity of the card? If it's 8GB, is it the card that came with the phone? If it's not that card, did you buy the card from a reputable vendor? There are entirely too many counterfeit cards floating about these days.
It's a 16GB Class 6 card I bought on Amazon. Forgot the brand and it's not even listed on the card itself. I think it was Komputerbay. That's probably my issue.
Hmm.. Was the card sold directly by Amazon, or was it a 3rd party just selling "new/used" stuff via Amazon?
Nah it was from a 3rd party. I was being cheap and found a 16GB Class 6 card at a good price so I figured who cares what brand it is and I guess 4 months later is when I'm paying for that.
Something to try, rather than reformatting every time, is to mount the card on your computer and run fdisk. Try this link for more info: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4112485&postcount=9
I realize he is talking about a Windows Mobile phone, but this has worked for me.
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I'll give that a shot when I get home and more than likely I'll be smashing this card and using the stock 8GB card till I can get a real good card.
Mustang302LX said:
I'm starting to get really annoyed with either this phone/android or cm7. My SD card apparently has been "damaged" yet again for the 2nd time in 2 days while the phone sat at idle. I have a backup of all the important items but this is beyond annoying to keep reformatting sd cards. Any ideas as to what might be destroying my sd card?
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It is probably your card, I have a class 2 16gb card I have used in 4 or 5 phones over the past year with no trouble.
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cropythy said:
It is probably your card, I have a class 2 16gb card I have used in 4 or 5 phones over the past year with no trouble.
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Yeah I'm betting it's a cheap p.o.s. card. Good thing I got my invite to Music Beta today! I'll upload my music there and be fine with the stock 8GB card.
Another thing that seems to work for me when I get "Damaged SD Card" or "SD Card Unexpectedly Removed" is boot into Recovery, go to Mounts and Storage, and make sure all four partitions are unmounted. I don't know why they are mounted on boot, but it seems like when I get an SD issue, I go into Mounts and Storage and one of them has to be unmounted.
This usually happens when I have recently mounted USB storage to transfer files to/from my computer. If anybody has some insight into this, please speak up! Thanks.
Hey dear XDA peeps!
Ive got a couple of questions about microsd here
Ive got one 8GB Transcend card which I bought in the beginning and it seems to be working good. I then bought another 32GB Kingston card. It has worked pretty good but now it seems it is kinda fubared.. Ive unmounted it from the phone and connected it straight to the computer and Im having some problems copying stuff from the card. Which it was from the phone too..
How do I check the sd card for errors and fixes them? I dont have to keep the data on it.
What makes the sd card break? I understand how regular old harddisks die but what about sd cards? =)
And what brand for SD card shall I buy for the phone that have the best reliability?
Im trying to format the sd card but it just hangs and refuses to format it so I guess the card really is fubared :/
So what card brand do you recommend for best quality?
I've tried them all. SanDisk has the best microSD cards for the money. They are also faster than spec'ed. If you can't get SanDisk, get Kingston.
Transcend is the slower than SanDisk or Kingston. I've heard good things about Patriot but never tried them. Stay away from off-brands or you risk serous problems.
For any mobile phone get a Class 4 SanDisk. Format it using SDFormatter.
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Hey dear XDA peeps!
Ive got a couple of questions about microsd here
Ive got one 8GB Transcend card which I bought in the beginning and it seems to be working good. I then bought another 32GB Kingston card. It has worked pretty good but now it seems it is kinda fubared.. Ive unmounted it from the phone and connected it straight to the computer and Im having some problems copying stuff from the card. Which it was from the phone too..
How do I check the sd card for errors and fixes them? I dont have to keep the data on it.
What makes the sd card break? I understand how regular old harddisks die but what about sd cards? =)
And what brand for SD card shall I buy for the phone that have the best reliability?
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Right click the SD in windows explorer, hit properties, tools, check disk. what makes SD card go out is every flash storage has a set amount of writes, after those they start to go out. Whatever you do though, do NOT defrag a flash based storage, you'll kill it. I use a Kingston 4GB in mine and I've had my SD for years (before this phone it was used to boot operating system installs on my laptop and used for my DS flashcart
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Whatever you do though, do NOT defrag a flash based storage, you'll kill it.
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Bears repeating...
Do NOT defrag Flash-based storage, you will kill it. Flash memory doesn't need defragging because it does not have mechanical heads like a magnetic hard drive.
So I recently ordered a Sandisk Class 4 16 gb sd card for my Atrix 2. I wanted to be able to keep a backup of a ROM at all times while having 500 songs on my phone..but 2 gb just didnt cut it.
So i tried to connect the card with my phones USB cable while having it in the device, but it just wasnt showing up on the computer. I had to end up using a card reader.
It still works...just something to keep in mind while buying SD cards.
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So I recently ordered a Sandisk Class 4 16 gb sd card for my Atrix 2. I wanted to be able to keep a backup of a ROM at all times while having 500 songs on my phone..but 2 gb just didnt cut it.
So i tried to connect the card with my phones USB cable while having it in the device, but it just wasnt showing up on the computer. I had to end up using a card reader.
It still works...just something to keep in mind while buying SD cards.
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In order to view files on your sdcard on your computer, you have to select the "USB Mass Storage" option.
I did put it in the USB Mass Storage option
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I did put it in the USB Mass Storage option
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Did you format the sdcard IN THE PHONE prior to trying to view the files via your computer?
Apex_Strider said:
Did you format the sdcard IN THE PHONE prior to trying to view the files via your computer?
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thats probably it. I had this happen off and on until I let android format it. my recomendation would be to put it in your computer and format it as fat32 then put it in the phone and have it format it
Thanks a lot ill try that
Although problems do not seem to be prevalent with the slower class cards, it might be a good idea to follow Patriot's advice regarding formatting. The suggestion was posted by Patriot in response to a review of a 32GB class 10 microSDHC.
Patriot acknowledged a problem with hemorrhoid OS and 32GB class 10 cards and suggested a temporary fix of performing a full format on a Windows PC with a 32kb allocation size, obviously FAT32 since stock hemorrhoid does not recognize NFTS.
The reply can be found in this review although the specific page will change if more reviews are added.
Sandisk ultra mobile 32gb class 6/10(expensive n useless)
philipvipe123 said:
So I recently ordered a Sandisk Class 4 16 gb sd card for my Atrix 2. I wanted to be able to keep a backup of a ROM at all times while having 500 songs on my phone..but 2 gb just didnt cut it.
So i tried to connect the card with my phones USB cable while having it in the device, but it just wasnt showing up on the computer. I had to end up using a card reader.
It still works...just something to keep in mind while buying SD cards.
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i bought 2 times brand (Sandisk 32gb class 6/10)..its only can be used for 1 day with my Atrix 2(supercharged V6)..after that.. damn corrupted!! now im using brand (KingMax 32gb class 10)..its been used for a month..nothing problems occur..:good:
hamba9551 said:
i bought 2 times brand (Sandisk 32gb class 6/10)..its only can be used for 1 day with my Atrix 2(supercharged V6)..after that.. damn corrupted!! now im using brand (KingMax 32gb class 10)..its been used for a month..nothing problems occur..:good:
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Be patient... they'll likely come sooner or later.
I got a 16gb class 4 sandisk and I am formatting it in my computer using following method:
I inserted the memory card in my E71 and connected it to my computer in mass storage mode. Then I started formatting using fat32, 32kb through my computer. But it is taking ages. Since last 2 hours, only 35% is completed. My questions:
1) Can i stop the format in between ? Or will it lead to certain faults?
2) Is the format this slow? Or should I try formatting it by putting it in adaptor and putting the adaptor in laptop slot and then format?
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Be patient... they'll likely come sooner or later.
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Hello, may i ask u how long for previous user before they got a problem with their 32gb class 10 sd??
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im using sandisk 16gb mobile ultra class 10 card .. no problems so far
Im still enjoying my 33gb class 10 with Kingmax..hopefully fine till last..enjoying movie 1080p n hd game with smoothly running on my atrix 2 via supercharged V6..
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I remember reading somewhere that some class 10 SD cards don't play nice for the Atrix 2. If that is so then what brands are the ones that do work well for the Atrix 2? I'm still rockin the 2gig, and well it just isn't cutting it.
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I remember reading somewhere that some class 10 SD cards don't play nice for the Atrix 2. If that is so then what brands are the ones that do work well for the Atrix 2? I'm still rockin the 2gig, and well it just isn't cutting it.
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I'm using a Kingston 32GB Class 4 card, which is actually in my SGS3 now from my A2, and I have never seen anything to complain about with it. I still hit high benchmark scores as noted with my A2 as well as my SGS3, thinking though that I may try a higher rated class sdcard for the SGS3, since it doesn't seem to have the issues that the A2 has seen. But, a little more digging around has to be done before I make that kind of jump! (Better safe than sorry!) But, yes, the Class 10 cards will -eventually- give you grief if you try to use one with the A2. Not sure the 'scientifically-proven' answer to give here, just know that from everything I have seen, which has been substantial enough for me to believe that...
Sandisk 16gb Class 4 card doesnt work. The phone restarts.
32GB Class 4...perfect here!
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xdduser said:
Sandisk 16gb Class 4 card doesnt work. The phone restarts.
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You should try a re-formatting of the sdcard, as you likely have some corrupted app data/other data that is causing the rebooting. A Class 4 card should give you no problems like this, unless you have some issues like I just mentioned.
And if you're trying to restore app data from, say, Titamium Backup, I recommend you do not do this. Just try a fresh format of the card, and do not restore data to it. Run your phone afterward for a good while to test. If your phone continues to reboot after you have tried this, changes are that you can rule out the possibility of the cause being due to the sdcard, and we can explore other possible known culprits...
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You should try a re-formatting of the sdcard, as you likely have some corrupted app data/other data that is causing the rebooting. A Class 4 card should give you no problems like this, unless you have some issues like I just mentioned.
And if you're trying to restore app data from, say, Titamium Backup, I recommend you do not do this. Just try a fresh format of the card, and do not restore data to it. Run your phone afterward for a good while to test. If your phone continues to reboot after you have tried this, changes are that you can rule out the possibility of the cause being due to the sdcard, and we can explore other possible known culprits...
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+1 formatting the SD is good...I've had this card in three other devices and it works flawlessly after formatting when major changes are made. (FXZ, SBF, switching ROMs ect.)
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I just put an 8gb class 4 SD card in my phone. I formatted it via the phone twice and rebooted. My camera saves pictures and videos that say they can't be opened when I try to go play them. And Doggcatcher has the majority of my podcast downloads failing. This has persisted after a couple reformats. Thoughts?
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