ive installed liquidsmooth rom rc7 for verizon galaxy s3..everything is working except that when i try to play music it doesnt access my external sd card..when i look into gallery my pictures doesnt load..and there isnt a way for me to look my external sd files w.o use 3rd party app.
Make sure your card is formatted with FAT32. Most custom roms do not support exFat.
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jhoutz said:
Make sure your card is formatted with FAT32. Most custom roms do not support exFat.
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my card is formmated with FAT32. still doesnt access and on the liquid smooth rom there isnt a way to format directly plug into the phone
MPanda said:
my card is formmated with FAT32. still doesnt access and on the liquid smooth rom there isnt a way to format directly plug into the phone
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Phone shows that its there but I can't access it or play songs..but I can access through script manager no solutions for this...I just might have to switch to a different rom
Your positive its formatted to fat32?
droidstyle said:
Your positive its formatted to fat32?
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Yes I'm very positive I have two micro SD cards...its weird cause it shows my videos in gallery but it doesn't show anything else there both formatted to fat32 it
MPanda said:
Yes I'm very positive I have two micro SD cards...its weird cause it shows my videos in gallery but it doesn't show anything else there both formatted to fat32 it
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i really like this rom..but it seems that im only the one facing this problem..im just going to flash to another rom..its been a 2weeks..i havent had a clue whats going to these situations..and i really appreciate everyone who posted in response to this..
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So I've been looking around for help on this across various sites and I've had no luck fixing my problem.
I'm running the most recent CM10 nightlies, which I read might influence which formats the phone can read, and even after I formatted the card to FAT32 via the gui app and easeUS partition editor my phone still says my card is damaged. When I try to format it it just says "unmounting card" with the spinning circle and sits there, never unmounting and formatting like it wants to. I tried to mount/unmount and format in CWM, no dice. This card is brand new out of the package today so there's been no previous use or problems.
Am I just going to be unable to use this card while running CM10, would I have to go back to a TW ROM or stock to make it read correctly? It will show up on my computer when I plug it in and files transfer to it fine so I figure it's a problem on the phone's side. My old 16gb card from my DX works fine and that's what I'll use in the meantime but the space is dangerously low, hence why I jumped on this 64gb card when it was an Amazon deal.
If anyone has some insight or experience with this I'd really appreciate it, I'm guessing it's a problem with CM10 or I missed some tiny step somewhere but I've tried a lot and had no success.
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So I've been looking around for help on this across various sites and I've had no luck fixing my problem.
I'm running the most recent CM10 nightlies, which I read might influence which formats the phone can read, and even after I formatted the card to FAT32 via the gui app and easeUS partition editor my phone still says my card is damaged. When I try to format it it just says "unmounting card" with the spinning circle and sits there, never unmounting and formatting like it wants to. I tried to mount/unmount and format in CWM, no dice. This card is brand new out of the package today so there's been no previous use or problems.
Am I just going to be unable to use this card while running CM10, would I have to go back to a TW ROM or stock to make it read correctly? It will show up on my computer when I plug it in and files transfer to it fine so I figure it's a problem on the phone's side. My old 16gb card from my DX works fine and that's what I'll use in the meantime but the space is dangerously low, hence why I jumped on this 64gb card when it was an Amazon deal.
If anyone has some insight or experience with this I'd really appreciate it, I'm guessing it's a problem with CM10 or I missed some tiny step somewhere but I've tried a lot and had no success.
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What exactly is the partition editor you used, and why? The GUI program to format it to fat32 is sufficient...
I would guess either it's the card(what brand btw?) or the partition editor.
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What exactly is the partition editor you used, and why? The GUI program to format it to fat32 is sufficient...
I would guess either it's the card(what brand btw?) or the partition editor.
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It's the "SanDisk Ultra 64 GB microSDXC Class 10 UHS-1 Memory Card 30MB/s with Adapter SDSDQUA-064G-U46A", I've noticed a lot of GS3 owners have been buying something similar or the same.
I used EaseUS Partition Master as well as the fat32 gui program that's been circulating, sounds like you know the one, and while the format was successful the phone still sees the card as damaged and won't completely unmount the card when I try to format it like it says.
You try formatting it on a windows computer
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You try formatting it on a windows computer
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Yeah I'm using Windows 7
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Yeah I'm using Windows 7
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use this program linked below for formatting to
fat32.
http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?fat32format.htm
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It's the "SanDisk Ultra 64 GB microSDXC Class 10 UHS-1 Memory Card 30MB/s with Adapter SDSDQUA-064G-U46A", I've noticed a lot of GS3 owners have been buying something similar or the same.
I used EaseUS Partition Master as well as the fat32 gui program that's been circulating, sounds like you know the one, and while the format was successful the phone still sees the card as damaged and won't completely unmount the card when I try to format it like it says.
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That's there exact same card I got. Format it again with the gui but DON'T use the partition program. I guarantee that's what is messing you up.
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That's there exact same card I got. Format it again with the gui but DON'T use the partition program. I guarantee that's what is messing you up.
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Did you use the sd adapter to plug into the computer or you did it while it was inserted in the phone already? I did the latter, idk if buying an sd slot to usb would change anything.
I am having the same problem. I thought I had a bad card, so I sent it back. Now I am searching for a solution as well. I will give this a try later tonight.
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Did you use the sd adapter to plug into the computer or you did it while it was inserted in the phone already? I did the latter, idk if buying an sd slot to usb would change anything.
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I used the adapter and put it directly in my computer to format it.
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I used the adapter and put it directly in my computer to format it.
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Ah ok, looks like I'll have to buy an sd-usb plugin then.
Had the same issue on two different cards and eventually they said that they were an unsupported raw format. Called sandisk and they said there are a lot of issues with the 64gb class 10 cards and the SGSIII. I am on my third one. This one has been working almost perfectly. I often get a unmounting remounting issue with the card, but I am not blaming the card yet as ever since I flashed the cracked aboot I have been having odd issues. I am going to put my phone back to stock and start over here today or tomorrow.
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I fixed it
I bought a multi-SD plug-in with USB, slid my card in there, ran the gui on the card, put the card back in my phone and it worked fine, the phone recognizes it. For whatever reason the card didn't want to format while it was in the phone despite my manipulations, so plugging the SD into the computer is crucial I think.
Thanks for the support guys.
I have done everything described here, and still have what the OP says. Card is not recognized, like its not even plugged in to the phone, is formatted as FAT32 and works in windows.
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I have done everything described here, and still have what the OP says. Card is not recognized, like its not even plugged in to the phone, is formatted as FAT32 and works in windows.
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Well, I literally fought this for 3 hours, and finally I just deleted the entire partition and formatted the card in the stock ROM. Then I pulled the card and formatted with EaseUS partitioner as FAT32 and put it back in and it worked. Then I flashed back to CM10 and it still works.
How frustrating this is....
On latest CMR. This has never been a problem. Bought a new sd card. Card works perfectly. Went to flash an update and have error saying can't read external sd card. Reformat. Remounted. Still no luck.
It's a 64gb.
Any one have a solution or had a similar problem?
Try TWRP... ****ty solution, but worth a try.
Lol yeah, thanks for the response though.
I would try it, but since I already moved all my files off and on after reformat I feel like I wasted too much time with this already.
I can still flash from internal card, and my external sd card works perfectly otherwise so it really doesn't make a difference.
I guess we can all just make note that a reformat doesn't work in this situation so it can save some people trouble and time.
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Lol yeah, thanks for the response though.
I would try it, but since I already moved all my files off and on after reformat I feel like I wasted too much time with this already.
I can still flash from internal card, and my external sd card works perfectly otherwise so it really doesn't make a difference.
I guess we can all just make note that a reformat doesn't work in this situation so it can save some people trouble and time.
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Must be formated to Fat32 for any recovery to see it. It comes formatted ExtFat.
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Must be formated to Fat32 for any recovery to see it. It comes formatted ExtFat.
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Nice, thanks!
How can I tell what the card is formatted to? Any reason not to leave it the way it is?
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Nice, thanks!
How can I tell what the card is formatted to? Any reason not to leave it the way it is?
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Haha the above scenario is why you likely don't want to leave it as is. No recovery will see your external sd card if it's formatted to exfat. So, you'll have to use your internal storage to flash roms if you don't have it formatted to Fat32.
You can check the format by plugging your external sd card into a computer right clicking the drive and pressing "Format" (don't worry a second window opens) or I think you can also see it by selecting "Properties."
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would it have a lock on the card its self not in the memory?
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would it have a lock on the card its self not in the memory?
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What does this mean?
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Hi guys, i have a 64GB Micro SD and i can't seem to get it to work with my device, Im running the CM10.1 Jelly Bean ROM and when i put the MicroSD Card in it said there is no external storage available.. Is there any tweak i can apply to get it to work or does the hardware just not support cards that size?
Thanks,
Dan.
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Hi guys, i have a 64GB Micro SD and i can't seem to get it to work with my device, Im running the CM10.1 Jelly Bean ROM and when i put the MicroSD Card in it said there is no external storage available.. Is there any tweak i can apply to get it to work or does the hardware just not support cards that size?
Thanks,
Dan.
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did you try to format it?
if not do it but first back up your stuff
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did you try to format it?
if not do it but first back up your stuff
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yes i formatted it but didnt know what format to put it in?
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yes i formatted it but didnt know what format to put it in?
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format it in fat32
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format it in fat32
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that didnt work
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that didnt work
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hmm,
i am out of ideas
maybe go to the CM10.1 Jelly Bean ROM thread and post there your issue
or wait until someone come up with something
but many users have sdcard with that capacity and works fine
best wishes
edit:did you reboot the device?
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hmm,
i am out of ideas
maybe go to the CM10.1 Jelly Bean ROM thread and post there your issue
or wait until someone come up with something
but many users have sdcard with that capacity and works fine
best wishes
edit:did you reboot the device?
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i have rebooted and it still didnt work,
when i go into settings>Storage and click on mount SD it comes up saying " The SD Card is blank or has unsupported files." So i click that and it comes up saying "Format SD Card, All Data on your card will be lost." So i click format and it says "SD Card is currently being checked"
And thats it left it like that for 20 mins nothing happens.
Any ideas?
Boot in recovery in format sdcard their as I formated my sdcard in recovery n then it started to work if it is not getting detected in recovery make a normal boot go to setings-storage-format sdcard it vll work
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OK so my phone is now rooted and "bumped" and its all great. But now my SD card doesn't work and can't find where to fix it or how.
Format it on your phone? Backup everything first though.
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OK so my phone is now rooted and "bumped" and its all great. But now my SD card doesn't work and can't find where to fix it or how.
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Yeah your SD card has to be Fat32 so you didn't say the name for the ROM so im guessing your on a CM but anyways use this program then format to Fat32 then it should be there Or if that doesn't work then format it .
: http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm
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Yeah your SD card has to be Fat32 so you didn't say the name for the ROM so im guessing your on a CM but anyways use this program then format to Fat32 then it should be there Or if that doesn't work then format it .
: http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm
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Will I lose everything on my card?
enzosly said:
Will I lose everything on my card?
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either way yes sorry but once you do that you will be able to use it
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Will I lose everything on my card?
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Yes. You can copy the files over to another computer, format the card in the phone, and then transfer the files back however. Of course those write speeds can be pretty slow, so expect it to take a while if you have a lot of information stored on the card.
OK well I am not sure how to change my SD card Ro Fat32.. And I went to settings to format it and it does nothing. Right now I'm on stock ROM. The content of the SD card comes up like pics and all but when I go into recovery it doesn't let me change over to the card to save or restore... Any ideas?
http://m.download.cnet.com/EaseUS-Partition-Master-Home-Edition/3000-2248_4-10863346.html
I used this.
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First time I tried to use sd card on my phone today. It doesn't read the card. Card is working fine. I tested it on pc and on another phone. I formatted it on pc and nothing changed. Phone is us unlocked and running stock oreo. Anyone has the same problem? Or solution?
Edit: problem solved when I format the card through my old phone but not from my pc.
I've had the issue before.. Back up everything on it and format it through your phone, not from a PC... I know it's a well known fact, but in case you don't know, if you ever format a card from your PC, don't use the format tool that comes with Windows, it doesn't format correctly and could damage the card... Also, before you put the card back in the phone, try wiping the terminals on it before re-inserting it
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I've had the issue before.. Back up everything on it and format it through your phone, not from a PC... I know it's a well known fact, but in case you don't know, if you ever format a card from your PC, don't use the format tool that comes with Windows, it doesn't format correctly and could damage the card... Also, before you put the card back in the phone, try wiping the terminals on it before re-inserting it
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Well, the problem is, phone doesn't read as I said. So I can't format it from the phone
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Well, the problem is, phone doesn't read as I said. So I can't format it from the phone
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What file system are you using on the card? Try formatting with a different file system to see if you can get it to read.. I had an Android set top box that wouldn't read exFAT but if read NTFS without any issues
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What file system are you using on the card?
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Now it is exfat. I also tried ntfs
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eminc said:
Now it is exfat. I also tried ntfs
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For the heck of it, try FAT32.. If you can get it to read in the phone then, reformat it again from the phone.. If it still doesn't read, try another card in the phone to make sure it isn't the phone itself or the rom you have installed.. If the other card works, maybe contact the manufacturer of the card to see if you can get a replacement.. I've done that for a few SanDisk cards already and their customer service is pretty good from my experience
*Edit* I also have had luck with the format tool on SD card.org
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For the heck of it, try FAT32.. If you can get it to read in the phone then, reformat it again from the phone.. If it still doesn't read, try another card in the phone to make sure it isn't the phone itself or the rom you have installed.. If the other card works, maybe contact the manufacturer of the card to see if you can get a replacement.. I've done that for a few SanDisk cards already and their customer service is pretty good from my experience
*Edit* I also have had luck with the format tool on SD card.org
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Windows doesn't format it to fat32. So I couldn't try. Ok I will try to format it through something else
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eminc said:
Windows doesn't format it to fat32. So I couldn't try. Ok I will try to format it through something else
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Probably your best bet at the moment... The Windows format tool does not play nice with SD cards
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Probably your best bet at the moment... The Windows format tool does not play nice with SD cards
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I formatted the card through my old galaxy note 3 and now it works. Thanks for the help
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