Confused about SD card (help) - Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I went to the motorola and this is what it said about the sd card
Insert your microSD card
Remove the microSD Card Slot tray located on the back of the device.
Remove dummy microSD Card and insert your microSD card in the same slot.
Insert the microSD card slot tray
Do I have to buy a sd card
Thank You

Yes. You need to supply your own card. A 32g card works well in my Xoom.

Sistema1927 said:
Yes. You need to supply your own card. A 32g card works well in my Xoom.
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Can you format the card in the Xoom?

ok thank you

stevefxp said:
Can you format the card in the Xoom?
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No, you have to format the microSD on a PC, no options are provided from the OS to do so.

megabiteg said:
No, you have to format the microSD on a PC, no options are provided from the OS to do so.
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I am not to computer saavy can you give me a description what I have to do now I got a 32sd card today.
Thanks

If you have a microSD reader, plug it into your PC and format it as FAT32...that's all there is to it. You may be able to do it through the Xoom over USB (as in plug your Xoom into your PC with the SD card in your Xoom), but I can't confirm that. You definitely don't want to format the Xoom itself though.

Once I do this, where well the sd card show up? I wish there was a file explorer built into the xoom
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TJEclipse said:
Once I do this, where well the sd card show up? I wish there was a file explorer built into the xoom
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it will show up mounted in /mnt/external1
/sdcard or /mnt/sdcard is for the internal memory.

TJEclipse said:
Once I do this, where well the sd card show up? I wish there was a file explorer built into the xoom
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download ES File Explorer. its the best of the lot

TJEclipse said:
Once I do this, where well the sd card show up? I wish there was a file explorer built into the xoom
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OK so I use Astro, and Androzip, and for some reason I can't get my Xoom to recognize the Sd card. I can access it through windows, but not at all through the Xoom. Is this just because I took the card straight from my phone and put it in the tablet without formatting it? Thanks
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Why cant i use my sd card?

I have a 16gb s3 and 16gb SD card I wanted to either move my music or apps but I can't figure out how my phone recognizes the SD but for some reason its seems unusable. Is there some setting I'm missing or is my SD card corrupt?
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not sure i understand your question exactly... but i can say that certain programs are not able to utilize the sd card in our phones. this was new for me coming from a motorola. the way samsung refers to the internal "sd card" vs your added external sd card is different so a number of programs will look at the internal memory as the SD Card instead of your actual SD Card.
that said, you can bypass this with a program the binds the directory on the internal storage that the program is looking for to a directory on your SD Card.
search my posts... i posted the link to the program (not mine) in another thread. it's working great for me with MOG. before, all my music had to be on the internal storage for mog to read it. now, with the directory bind program i have all my music on my external sd card and mog reads the files just fine.
hope that helps!
Well I downloaded app2sd and it says this device does not have a primary external storage. It does not even recognize my sd
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apps2sd does not work on this device...
fenixnr said:
apps2sd does not work on this device...
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that's good to know is there anything like it that works?
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Mark930 said:
that's good to know is there anything like it that works?
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No, since the OS won't allow apps2sd because it uses MTP
Mark930 said:
I have a 16gb s3 and 16gb SD card I wanted to either move my music or apps but I can't figure out how my phone recognizes the SD but for some reason its seems unusable. Is there some setting I'm missing or is my SD card corrupt?
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Read this below.... The device uses MTP so it will not see your external SD card in the slot by ICS design...what you want it the UMS the USB mass storage where the device used the SD card to save data...but the Samsung now has 16GB internal storage so it presents a problem...
This app was written to resolve that issue... Also there is a link to explain this deeper than what I am doing....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1785243
Regards how this give you some light
parcou said:
Read this below.... The device uses MTP so it will not see your external SD card in the slot by ICS design...what you want it the UMS the USB mass storage where the device used the SD card to save data...but the Samsung now has 16GB internal storage so it presents a problem...
This app was written to resolve that issue... Also there is a link to explain this deeper than what I am doing....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1785243
Regards how this give you some light
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Is there anyway to do this without rooting really don't feel like rooting right now
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Well I figured out how to get files from my Mac to my sd card using android file transfer. I transferred some videos and the stock video play found them right off. The only problem is that I can find the folder that there in using file manager. Its like a ghost SD card I can't find it anywhere but at least I can transfer and delete them now I just need my computer to do it.
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[Q] transcend micro sdcard 32gb class 10 problem

hello,
i got this card from ebay.
work perfectly on my pc.
the problem is with the tf700. when i put it in the micro sd slot the tablet recognize it. but when i trying to copy some pictures or files it's copy a few and then stop with a message that it's can't copy or read. but when i connect the card via the usb on the keyboard it's work fine.
anyone got an idea ? what is the problem??
yossitay said:
hello,
i got this card from ebay.
work perfectly on my pc.
the problem is with the tf700. when i put it in the micro sd slot the tablet recognize it. but when i trying to copy some pictures or files it's copy a few and then stop with a message that it's can't copy or read. but when i connect the card via the usb on the keyboard it's work fine.
anyone got an idea ? what is the problem??
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have you tried to reformat your card using your pc with fat32?
Yes, I have tried all the kind of formating, fat32, ntfs, exfat.
I don't know whats worng.
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buhohitr said:
have you tried to reformat your card using your pc with fat32?
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What rom are you using? stock? what version?
buhohitr said:
What rom are you using? stock? what version?
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cleanrom 3.0.3

(SOLVED) micro sdhc card 16go unreadable

Hi everybody,
I tried too many times to read my micro sdhc card 16go through computer, mobile phone and other devices but no way it didn't work either.
It only works on the nokia 500. So i plugged the phone computer and I formatted the card in fat32 but it didnt work to be readable on other devices than the nokia 500.
Does anyone have an idea or issue to fix it please?
Solution see below Post 8
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zefashion said:
Hi everybody,
I tried too many times to read my micro sdhc card 16go through computer, mobile phone and other devices but no way it didn't work either.
It only works on the nokia 500. So i plugged the phone computer and I formatted the card in fat32 but it didnt work to be readable on other devices than the nokia 500.
Does anyone have an idea or issue to fix it please?
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It may be the way it was initially formatted. The only thing I can think of off hand is an sd card reader
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ShapesBlue said:
It may be the way it was initially formatted. The only thing I can think of off hand is an sd card reader
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Thanks for reply, I also tried with an sd card reader, it's the same problem. Could Nokia set a protection on the sdhc card ?? If yes, I've just lost an sdhc card to be used on other devices....
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zefashion said:
Thanks for reply, I also tried with an sd card reader, it's the same problem. Could Nokia set a protection on the sdhc card ?? If yes, I've just lost an sdhc card to be used on other devices....
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Could very well be the case
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Does Nobody have an issue please???
Connect your sd card to computer with card reader and start command prompt.
Type the following:
cd chkdsk [sd card drive letter] /r
This will Scan for and attempt Recovery of bad sectorsor
cd chkdsk [sd card drive letter] /f
this will Automatically Fix file system errors on the disk
Try these commands and see whether the problem is fixed or not/
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Thanks man, I'm at work now and I'll try this evening at home cause don't have access in msdos here to check the sd card.
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zefashion said:
Thanks man, I'm at work now and I'll try this evening at home cause don't have access in msdos here to check the sd card.
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SOLUTION :
In the nokia storage's options, just click for 2seconds on the SD CARD STORAGE and it will appear an list of option as "delete password". I've just deleted the password which was put to get an private storage. That's why i could'nt use my sd card on other devices.
Now i can use my SDHC card on all devices that support it

File transfer question

I just got a new 64g SD card. If I boot my phone into twrp an mount SD card then on pc drag all files off SD card then unmount an pit in my new SD card an mount that then pull all files back over so everything work the same as it did since I have important files on my SD card for my phone? Or is there a easier way fig I would like tho this out before I do it since I have never upgrade SD card before.
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Tigerstown said:
I just got a new 64g SD card. If I boot my phone into twrp an mount SD card then on pc drag all files off SD card then unmount an pit in my new SD card an mount that then pull all files back over so everything work the same as it did since I have important files on my SD card for my phone? Or is there a easier way fig I would like tho this out before I do it since I have never upgrade SD card before.
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no.its the best.
though u can connect them both at the same time and transfer directly.
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press thanks
prantoroy said:
no.its the best.
though u can connect them both at the same time and transfer directly.
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I built my own pc an didn't included card reader. So I don't know how I can do that. O wait I have a usb card reader I could use that to hook on to pc an then direct transfer correct?
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Tigerstown said:
I built my own pc an didn't included card reader. So I don't know how I can do that. O wait I have a use card reader I could use that to hook on to pc an then direct transfer correct?
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Yes. If you have a dedicated card-reader for your PC then it will almost certainly be quicker for transfering the files than using your phone in the middle.
SimonTS said:
Yes. If you have a dedicated card-reader for your PC then it will almost certainly be quicker for transfering the files than using your phone in the middle.
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Thanks for your input. I'm bout to try an do this direct transfer after my morning ritual
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Tigerstown said:
Thanks for your input. I'm bout to try an do this direct transfer after my morning ritual
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glad could help!!
prantoroy said:
glad could help!!
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U did too I didn't know I could direct transfer. Now I need to install a SD card reader in my pc. I just build a beast an left out card reader. I now see the reason for having one.
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Tigerstown said:
U did too I didn't know I could direct transfer. Now I need to install a SD card reader in my pc. I just build a beast an left out card reader. I now see the reason for having one.
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g8.close thread.
What phone are you actually using? If you're trying to transfer files from your PC to your Phone, by using its USB cable should make the work easily done. But if its an older phone, a card reader is the best option that you can get. Just in case that you are using a smartphone that kinda latest or even not quite latest, you can try using AirMore. Its an app that you can use to wirelessly transfer your files from phone to PC and vice versa.
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What phone are you actually using? If you're trying to transfer files from your PC to your Phone, by using its USB cable should make the work easily done. But if its an older phone, a card reader is the best option that you can get. Just in case that you are using a smartphone that kinda latest or even not quite latest, you can try using AirMore. Its an app that you can use to wirelessly transfer your files from phone to PC and vice versa.
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Necro-posting a thread that is SIX years old? Seriously? :silly:

[Completed] [Q] sd card is ruined!

hello, this is abdis,
I have an sd card that is 8 gb, and was working for many months, then the sd card suddenly stopped responding.
it starting being slow and deleting or coping files took 2 days just for 1 gb file.
I tried all possilble ways of formatting, but it just says ""cannot format drive".
is there a way to fix this problem?
Thank you.
also I forgot to mension that it is not from my computer, because i tried the sdhc on other pcs too, but it was still same.
thanks for your time.
Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. Unfortunately it sounds like the sd card is bad. Try formatting it on your pc with a sd card reader. if that doesn't work then you'll need a new card.
jd1639 said:
Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. Unfortunately it sounds like the sd card is bad. Try formatting it on your pc with a sd card reader. if that doesn't work then you'll need a new card.
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I have a micro sd card 2.0 usb, i put the sdhc inside and it is still the same as in the sd card.
Do you think that the sdhc is bad?
I also tried using Chkdsk in CMD but after I write clean it loads and stays 0, it finishes while it is still 0.
Thank you, Abdis
jd1639 said:
Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. Unfortunately it sounds like the sd card is bad. Try formatting it on your pc with a sd card reader. if that doesn't work then you'll need a new card.
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I tried formatting by putting the sdhc in the micro sd usb. but it still can't format.:crying:
jd1639 said:
Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. Unfortunately it sounds like the sd card is bad. Try formatting it on your pc with a sd card reader. if that doesn't work then you'll need a new card.
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please help!
abdis said:
please help!
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I'm sorry but the card is bad. You'll have to get a new one.
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