Hi guys,
I just bought a brand new Samsung SDHC card to replace my old stock one. Is there anything special that people recommend doing when inserting a brand new card? Format in the phone or external reader? Format with specific cluster size?
I guess my real question is when and what to copy from my original SD card if there is anything special?
rio
rio911 said:
Hi guys,
I just bought a brand new Samsung SDHC card to replace my old stock one. Is there anything special that people recommend doing when inserting a brand new card? Format in the phone or external reader? Format with specific cluster size?
I guess my real question is when and what to copy from my original SD card if there is anything special?
rio
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just format on pc with fat32 ..that will do
and regarding copying...copy the backups from your old sdcard if you have them
also your personal data (pics,music etc etc )
thats all rest will be taken care when you insert the sdcard
ganeshp said:
just format on pc with fat32 ..that will do
and regarding copying...copy the backups from your old sdcard if you have them
also your personal data (pics,music etc etc )
thats all rest will be taken care when you insert the sdcard
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How about formatting the card in the phone? When I used my old HD2, I would have to say that was compulsory....
rio911 said:
How about formatting the card in the phone? When I used my old HD2, I would have to say that was compulsory....
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yes formatting in the phone is fine too...but the point is formatting it before hand is good...not compulsory
rio911 said:
How about formatting the card in the phone? When I used my old HD2, I would have to say that was compulsory....
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on HD2, that wasn't compulsory...unless using ext..
Thanks guys,
Compulsory is a strong word, but obviously it helps. I'm getting the card tonight I hope, it should be waiting for me when I get home from work. I'll format it in the PC first and then another format in the phone and start copying files after that...
rio
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[SOLVED] nvm
I hope you mean MicroSD. MiniSD won't fit.
Turn your phone off, put your current card in your computer, make a folder called backup and cut and paste all the files on your current card into that folder. Then plug your new card in, cut and paste all the files from the backup folder into your new card. Should work perfectly.
zinite said:
I hope you mean MicroSD. MiniSD won't fit.
Turn your phone off, put your current card in your computer, make a folder called backup and cut and paste all the files on your current card into that folder. Then plug your new card in, cut and paste all the files from the backup folder into your new card. Should work perfectly.
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That would work if he's on a Linux/Mac system. Windows cannot mount a ext2 partition without extra software.
jrherras said:
Should I do nandroid backup first on the old one and insert the new minisd and do full restore?
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nandroid doesn't touch the sdcard... only the internal nand (hence the name nandroid)
zinite said:
I hope you mean MicroSD. MiniSD won't fit.
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SD cards larger than 2GB are exclusively SDHC. Since SDHC doesn't come in Mini flavour, i'm guessing he meant Micro
jrherras said:
I bought 16gb cl 6 mini sd I'm wondering whats the best way to transfer my files in ext2. Should I do nandroid backup first on the old one and insert the new minisd and do full restore?
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you guys REALLy need to start searching and reading the forums and threads before posting new stuff .. this has been talked about in great length many many times
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3522300#post3522300
jashsu said:
SD cards larger than 2GB are exclusively SDHC. Since SDHC doesn't come in Mini flavour, i'm guessing he meant Micro
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what's that you said??
Transcend 4GB Mini SDHC
^^
Sorry I did search and I found nothing
oops sorry its microsd.. I'm not running on linux. Nevermind I found my own way of doing it. I will copy all files in ext2 back to phone and insert new card and do apps to sd again on adb sorry to bother you guys and thanks for your time
I bought this : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211379
My 8gb SD card in my Desire S is almost running out.. I have like 3.4 gb left. I'm planning to buy a 16gb sd card for my phone.. How will i transfer all my files, apps, games, also the save games to the new sd card? Is it only copy paste all the folder to the new SD card? Or i'll backup the apps? When i put the new 16gb SD card on my phone, i want nothing will change, like the same wallpaper, the widgets in the screen, etc.. except the memory of course. I don't wanna reinstall all of them again. Is their a way to do that? Thanks!
Yeah basically that's it .
'Almost running out'? you've near 50% left when you take in that you never get the full 8Gb due to system files etc
det66 said:
Yeah basically that's it .
'Almost running out'? you've near 50% left when you take in that you never get the full 8Gb due to system files etc
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have you tried it, copy paste the folders to the new SD card? I heard some people are having problems like they had to redownload all the apps and install it. So, i'm just making sure nothing will change. Can you give me some steps on how to do this without having any problems? Thanks!
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My 8gb SD card in my Desire S is almost running out.. I have like 3.4 gb left. I'm planning to buy a 16gb sd card for my phone.. How will i transfer all my files, apps, games, also the save games to the new sd card? Is it only copy paste all the folder to the new SD card? Or i'll backup the apps? When i put the new 16gb SD card on my phone, i want nothing will change, like the same wallpaper, the widgets in the screen, etc.. except the memory of course. I don't wanna reinstall all of them again. Is their a way to do that? Thanks!
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It's easiest and quickest to do if you have a card reader but ultimately all you do is copy all files from SD1 to SD2 (via PC)
Best to power off phone (ensure that you have settings->power->fastboot=OFF)
remove SD1
load SD1 into card reader
copy SD1 to a directory on PC
load SD2 into card reader
copy PC (SD1 files) to SD2
replace SD2 in phone
power on phone
nothing will have changed.
If you don't have a card reader then simply do then same but with the SD cards in the phone (mounting SD as Disk), worth Quick Formatting SD2 before you copy files from PC onto it so that its empty.
What if I'm on a custom Rom, like virtuous unity? Will it go back to stock after changing the SD card? And do I have to root the phone again? Thanks!
toke420 said:
What if I'm on a custom Rom, like virtuous unity? Will it go back to stock after changing the SD card? And do I have to root the phone again? Thanks!
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No it won't effect the rom and you won't have to root or flash it again
is this a good micro sd card 16gb for my Desire S? http://ec.transcendusa.com/product/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=TS16GUSDHC6
Will it work?
toke420 said:
is this a good micro sd card 16gb for my Desire S? http://ec.transcendusa.com/product/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=TS16GUSDHC6
Will it work?
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Simply ?
Yes
and
Yes
it's a good make and Ds will take up to a 32Gb card
toke420 said:
is this a good micro sd card 16gb for my Desire S? http://ec.transcendusa.com/product/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=TS16GUSDHC6
Will it work?
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Sounds ok, although I don't personally know the manufacturer....
The size you want depends on the use that you give phone, if you watch movies often, listen to lots of music or are constantly flashing ROMS therefore taking backups, possibly consider a 32Gb card, I personally believe that you can never have enough space...on SD (obviously depends on budget).
The higher the class the faster/better the card
The current SDHC specification defines Class 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 as follows:
Code:
Class Minimum Speed
2 2MB/s
4 4MB/s
6 6MB/s
8 8MB/s
10 10MB/s
1 1 megabyte (MB) = 1 million bytes
2 Based on SanDisk internal testing; performance may vary depending upon host device.
I thought I read somewhere on the forums that Desire s can't read cards above class 6 at their full speed ( could well be wrong on that).
The cards will work fine just the transfer speeds won't be as stated
Did anyone try this already? I'm just want to make sure that nothing will change, and i won't reinstall anything.. It's such a hassle reinstalling everything. My phone is rooted and on a custom ROM virtuous unity 2.37.. You guys positively sure that when i put the 16gb sd card on my phone, nothing will change? Even the widgets on the screen? I'm getting my sd card this week, so i just wanna make sure. Thanks!
toke420 said:
Did anyone try this already? I'm just want to make sure that nothing will change, and i won't reinstall anything.. It's such a hassle reinstalling everything. My phone is rooted and on a custom ROM virtuous unity 2.37.. You guys positively sure that when i put the 16gb sd card on my phone, nothing will change? Even the widgets on the screen? I'm getting my sd card this week, so i just wanna make sure. Thanks!
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Yes ,it's how I changed from the 8Gb card that came with the phone to the 16Gb I have in it now
Does it matter class of SD card, I mean has any sence in speed of daily work with SD having 10 class or class 2 of default one is enough?
det66 said:
Yes ,it's how I changed from the 8Gb card that came with the phone to the 16Gb I have in it now
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was your phone rooted, and on a custom ROM when you changed the SD card? You just did the steps that ben_pyett posted? You didn't reinstall anything in your phone? Everything was exactly the same like with the old SD card? Sorry for asking too many questions, i just don't wanna reinstall anything again, and i don't wanna fix the homescreen.
toke420 said:
was your phone rooted, and on a custom ROM when you changed the SD card? You just did the steps that ben_pyett posted? You didn't reinstall anything in your phone? Everything was exactly the same like with the old SD card? Sorry for asking too many questions, i just don't wanna reinstall anything again, and i don't wanna fix the homescreen.
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Yes i was using the LBC Rom at the time can't mind if it was 5.3 or 5.4 but no probs no reinstalling or faffing about with anything
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Menelay said:
Does it matter class of SD card, I mean has any sence in speed of daily work with SD having 10 class or class 2 of default one is enough?
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As far as I know the card can't transfer at a rate above a class 6 card.Obviously it will accept faster cards but only read/write to them at a class 6 speed
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Yes i was using the LBC Rom at the time can't mind if it was 5.3 or 5.4 but no probs no reinstalling or faffing about with anything
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As far as I know the card can't transfer at a rate above a class 6 card.Obviously it will accept faster cards but only read/write to them at a class 6 speed
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i just bought 2 32 gb cards both class 4 and cant seem to get them to copy tried formatting them checked for errors but still cant transfer all my stuff it copies the folders but not whats inside them any ideas?
Cards purchased from a reliable seller? Or did they come from the land of China? ;-).
EBay specials lol they work if you take all out of folders but no good for the likes of cmw
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So ... was the seller reputable?
Also what format are they formatted in? .. because I believe they'll need to be in FAT32, not NTFS and not EXT4.
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EBay specials lol they work if you take all out of folders but no good for the likes of cmw
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zeekiz said:
So ... was the seller reputable?
Also what format are they formatted in? .. because I believe they'll need to be in FAT32, not NTFS and not EXT4.
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Yeah seller had 100% positive feedback both fat 32 both are recognized as 32 gb and both copy the folders from the backup I made but not the contents of them which seem a little strange have tried formatting on phone with windows and SD formater on the computer but results are the same
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Hi Everyone
I bought the card mentioned below from ebay.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/28094386...X:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_1906wt_1163
I have a couple of questions:
- Why is the transfer rate so slow when transferring files between computer and on to the SD card? It's like up to 2 MB/second.
- I used SDFormatter to format the card. The settings that I have used are Full Erase (Overwrite) and Flash Erase (OFF). When finished, I inserted the card and it's saying SD card damaged? I don't understand. Initially, I converted the file system from exFAT to FAT but the SDFormatter converted the file format back to exFAT.
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Sam
Format card in the phone. Mike
sp5it said:
Format card in the phone. Mike
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I used SDFormatter while the card was in the phone but didn't help.
As Mike said format the sd card from the phone use the phone to do this in recovery mode
johnerz said:
As Mike said format the sd card from the phone use the phone to do this in recovery mode
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Hi, Thanks for your prompt response - So, since now the partition is back as ex-FAT, I would have to convert to FAT and then format the card or would it convert to FAT when I format the card in recovery?
spuri78 said:
Hi, Thanks for your prompt response - So, since now the partition is back as ex-FAT, I would have to convert to FAT and then format the card or would it convert to FAT when I format the card in recovery?
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Uhm, little question at this occassion cause I only know about FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32 (called vfat by linux when combined with long file names) so far -- what is ex-FAT?
But apart from that: formatting means writing a new file system to a block device [at least nowadays, in earlier times it could also mean write a new sector geometry on a harddisk]. So, it doesn't matter what flavour the old filesystem was.
Zirias said:
Uhm, little question at this occassion cause I only know about FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32 (called vfat by linux when combined with long file names) so far -- what is ex-FAT?
But apart from that: formatting means writing a new file system to a block device [at least nowadays, in earlier times it could also mean write a new sector geometry on a harddisk]. So, it doesn't matter what flavour the old filesystem was.
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Some of the reading that I have done with regards to these new types of SD cards from Sandisk, ex-FAT file structure is what they come with and our mobile phones are not eqipped to handle this format so hence the need to convert it to FAT. Now what ex-FAT is, I'm not sure. I'm not at my PC so will have to do some more reading on that one.
Are you sure you actually have a 64gb class 10?
There are A LOT of fakes on ebay where they take a class 2 8gb card and put a class 10 64gb label on it. Most are good enough painted on labels that you cant tell.
They even partition the card with fake info so it says its got 64gb of space....though it fills up with 8gb.
Be very careful with those ebay cards.
Anyway, that might be the reason you are getting slow transfer speeds.
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If you can, go for Toshiba, the last time i heard most of the card are made by Toshiba, the other brands just slap a sticker onto it.
Zirias said:
But apart from that: formatting means writing a new file system to a block device [at least nowadays, in earlier times it could also mean write a new sector geometry on a harddisk]. So, it doesn't matter what flavour the old filesystem was.
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Just wanted to add to this conversation, although you normally will not run into this format. Because of Windows Phone 7 on the HD2 I know about this. If the card is formated in a RAID format you will have do w low level format on the card first before you can format it fat anything. So yes rarely it does matter what "flavour" the old file system was. That it should be mentioned.
Skipjacks said:
Are you sure you actually have a 64gb class 10?
There are A LOT of fakes on ebay where they take a class 2 8gb card and put a class 10 64gb label on it. Most are good enough painted on labels that you cant tell.
They even partition the card with fake info so it says its got 64gb of space....though it fills up with 8gb.
Be very careful with those ebay cards.
Anyway, that might be the reason you are getting slow transfer speeds.
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Well, I got it from a Top ebay seller so I was hoping it'd be genuine. The space on my card when I first formatted said 59gb free.
Please advise what should I do? I will let seller know and see what happens?
Thanks,
I have one other question. I have found Patition Wizard by MiniTool and if I create a partition on the card as EXT4, will our sensation recognize the card?
I have created a partition on the sd card as FAT32 but the phone is still not recognizing the card. arghhh!
Zirias said:
Uhm, little question at this occassion cause I only know about FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32 (called vfat by linux when combined with long file names) so far -- what is ex-FAT?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT
Try using a memory card reader and the SDFormatter tool. Fat32, 32K clusters
spuri78 said:
Hi Everyone
I bought the card mentioned below from ebay.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/28094386...X:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_1906wt_1163
I have a couple of questions:
- Why is the transfer rate so slow when transferring files between computer and on to the SD card? It's like up to 2 MB/second.
Thanks,
Sam
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Most probably you got a low classed sd card and also try formate from your phone using any compitable file manager or using the phones builtin system.
And to test your sd card, google for "h2testw" and test your memory card.
arabi.theboss said:
Most probably you got a low classed sd card and also try formate from your phone using any compitable file manager or using the phones builtin system.
And to test your sd card, google for "h2testw" and test your memory card.
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I can't format from my phone because it is not recognizing it and/or having issues with being mounted. Now, it's not even recognizing it when I put it in the adapter. The windows 7 format pop windows says 'Unavailable capacity'. I think it's ****ed Thanks, I'll search for the memory card tester.
Can someone please recommend me another one? 32/64GB. Maybe, I should get a 32GB since a lot of people are having issues with 64GB. The only reason I got 64 was that it was selling cheap. 32GB should be plenty for my needs.
se1000 said:
Try using a memory card reader and the SDFormatter tool. Fat32, 32K clusters
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I have tried using SDFormatter with the memory card reader but it always changed the file structure back to ex-FAT, which is not compatible on Sensation.
@I got 64 was that it was selling cheap:
So tell me one thing, you will drive a Mercedes but you only will pay for a small Fiat?
I have an original Samsung 64GB Class 10 sd-card with no issues. They was not cheap at all.
Things you can do is:
a low level format to be shure..
- tool: HDD Low Level Format Tool 4.25 - www.hddguru.com
- that is the tool i am using for all my memory device since years
set up a new partion and format the sd-card..
- tool: EASEUS Partition Master 9.1.0 Home Edition - Free for Home Users - www.partition-tool.com
- that tool can format every type and size
Ok that all is running on my 2nd w7 pc. Not my favor OS
When this all is not working with your sd-card, then you have possiblea a fake card.
The low-level-format tool looks deeper then your windows property.
When you have a fake card the LLF tool will stop working after it has reached the max of sectors.
You could have got one from amazon thats what I did
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I just recently bought a new 4gb card from eBay, I backed up my old card to the PC and put the new card in, mounted it with ums to the pc, and trasfered files, as soon as I disconnected it all the files got removed, sometimes some of them partially saved. I didn't have that problem with my old 2gb card so I'm not sure if the trouble is related with my phone or rom or the SD card. There are no errors in the transfer and all the time it's still open for transfer the files are still there.
Help please? :\
Bump, can anyone help?
format the new card as fat32
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format the new card as fat32
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I did, no change...
Eden3319 said:
I did, no change...
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The lesson is: Don't buy things on ebay
What brand is the card?
DesireNoob said:
The lesson is: Don't buy things on ebay
What brand is the card?
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it just says micro sd
Hey all, quick question regarding m8's handling of sd cards.
I have a 32gb external ssd in my vzw one m8 running LolliGPE, and I'm just wondering what the best way is to format it. I believe that if I were to format it on the phone itself it will use FAT which causes issues with my TWRP backups due to the size.
So with that being said, I think NTFS or exfat is the way to go...
do you connect the SD directly to your computer and format it there before inserting into the phone or what? i want a versatile format that i won't run into file size limitations with...
thanks for your help!
wezman2k said:
Hey all, quick question regarding m8's handling of sd cards.
I have a 32gb external ssd in my vzw one m8 running LolliGPE, and I'm just wondering what the best way is to format it. I believe that if I were to format it on the phone itself it will use FAT which causes issues with my TWRP backups due to the size.
So with that being said, I think NTFS or exfat is the way to go...
do you connect the SD directly to your computer and format it there before inserting into the phone or what? i want a versatile format that i won't run into file size limitations with...
thanks for your help!
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Insert it in the phone and it will automatically format it to exfat.
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Insert it in the phone and it will automatically format it to exfat.
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i had a spare 2gb card so i popped it in and erased it thru settings. looks like it defaults to fat32. am i doing something wrong?
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i had a spare 2gb card so i popped it in and erased it thru settings. looks like it defaults to fat32. am i doing something wrong?
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I just picked up a SanDisk Ultra 128GB UHI-I/Class 10 Micro SDXC Memory Card, formatted it directly from my phone with no issues.
edit: it formatted exfat
was it formatted to anything prior?
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i had a spare 2gb card so i popped it in and erased it thru settings. looks like it defaults to fat32. am i doing something wrong?
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For 2 GB Fat 32 is fine. It may b that it just wasn't large enough for exfat.
I'd put it in the phone, format it, and forget about it. You'll b fine.
If u insist on changing it you can use Aparted from the play store.
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For 2 GB Fat 32 is fine. It may b that it just wasn't large enough for exfat.
I'd put it in the phone, format it, and forget about it. You'll b fine.
If u insist on changing it you can use Aparted from the play store.
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my primary SD is 32gb, i just used the spare one to try it out. Interesting, you're probably right though it probably just defaulted to fat32 because the drive is so small.
jtommyj said:
I'd put it in the phone, format it, and forget about it. You'll b fine.
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until the exFat formatted drive experiences data corruption. Make sure to keep it backed up regularly.
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until the exFat formatted drive experiences data corruption. Make sure to keep it backed up regularly.
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This is my third phone since 2009 along with my wife's and we've never once had data corruption. I do always back up to my PC.
Sorry for your bad experience.
My current card in this M8 is 128 gig since July.with no trouble and the others are 2x64 and 2x32 also with no trouble.