I am getting a message that says "SD card is damaged. Try reformatting it." Is this referring to my external SD card?
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Yes just format it but you will lose everything on it.Everything
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The way to find out is to either remove the external card or download an app to check the sd cards.
If you are going to format, try to copy the cards over to your computer first.
When I mounted to my Mac, only 1 card mounted ( the internal) instead of 2. I copied everything off and formatted it just for my own peace of mind. I then copied only what I absolutely needed back. After a reboot, i had the same error. I then shut down and removed the external card, and no more error messages. No great loss, nothing on there that I don't have a backup of already. I guess I need a new external SD. This one was only a class 4 anyway. Do I need to move up in class?
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lunarlandr said:
I guess I need a new external SD. This one was only a class 4 anyway. Do I need to move up in class?
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Upgrading classes isn't required. You can go out and buy another Class 4 or even a Class 2 if you so choose. The only difference is the write speed (4MB/s vs 2MB/s respectively). If you use an APPs2SD type app than a Class 6 card will be a good recommendation for you to get as it offers 6MB/s write speed which in turn cuts down on loading and saving times of any apps you use off the card.
But in terms of upgrading classes because it's required, it's not. Buy whatever class card you need or want to buy.
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im trying to transfer a new rom(327mb) to my SD CARD to flash but its taking way toooo! long.. it receives by 500KB/S now, before it was MB/S. its taking 10minutes to transfer it. is something wrong with my SD card?
How good of a computer do you have? Try not multitasking like 10 things at a time and transferring if that doesnt help, you must have a lot on your sd card try clearing uneeded files.
If that doesnt work, the final solution, buy a better sd card...
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Welcome to Class 2 SD cards. Now you know why they're so inexpensive.
I have a transfer rate of about 5mbs...I'm fine with that...
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im trying to transfer a new rom(327mb) to my SD CARD to flash but its taking way toooo! long.. it receives by 500KB/S now, before it was MB/S. its taking 10minutes to transfer it. is something wrong with my SD card?
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I had that problem when I backed up my SD card before making it a gold card. Everything came off the card at 18MB/s but it went back on at 600 KB/s. The card has continued to work fine since, though.
I have the 8gb that came with the phone.
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P00t said:
I have the 8gb that came with the phone.
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Ditto and +1
Hi I just got a 32gb SD micro sdhc card. I put it in my g2x and in SD card and memory in settings it says empty. If I go to applications and try to move a application over it says SD card is full. I think this is because my internal SD card is full. I didn't know I had an internal SD. How can I move it to an external display. App to SD card doesn't work and sdcard enabler didn't work either.
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K starting with what rom you are on would be helpful. They all handle the internal/external stuff different.
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I have the stock 2.2 rooted
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What brand card do you have?
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First dl es file explorer, its free no ads.
Second make sure you don't have some BS cheapo generic card and that the class speed isn't over 6. From Lu own experience higher speeds are redundant and there's really no difference. I have class 4 16 gb Kingston and it works perfect way faster than any normal class2.
If you are royalty confused which is the phone external and which is the onevypu put in, set your phone storage to external take a pic and there you go easy path tobthe right storage folder. Gl
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How can I move an app to my external SD card rather than the internal 16 GB storage. I cannot find a way to do that. When I choose move to SD card is only goes to the internal 16 GB.
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download astro file manager....its free on the market and has a cut/copy/paste/move function
Thanks for the tips...what changed with this phone? This is my third Android phone and installing to SD card always meant to the microSD card.
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garak0410 said:
Thanks for the tips...what changed with this phone? This is my third Android phone and installing to SD card always meant to the microSD card.
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Its because the phone has internal SD that mounts as mnt/sdcard which is normally external on phones that don't have internal SD storage.
So basically, the expanded slot is mainly for files and media, correct?
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So basically, the expanded slot is mainly for files and media, correct?
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yeah, but with the amount of internal storage available on these devices, i see NO benefit to moving apps to sd. that was a benefit with older phones, but it seems all the newer models coming out have ample room for app installs. apps2sd seems like a worthless hassle to me any more.
I have to use apps2sd because the Market seems to want to default all my installs to the system storage rather than what it calls the usb storage...am I missing something here? My Captivate defaulted to the internal storage and I would often move into the external sd. My Infuse loaded all apps on the external sd card. This phone seems to go to the very limited system storage options (only like 1.3 gig free). So I feel like I have no choice but to continue using APPS2SD.
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I have to use apps2sd because the Market seems to want to default all my installs to the system storage rather than what it calls the usb storage...am I missing something here? My Captivate defaulted to the internal storage and I would often move into the external sd. My Infuse loaded all apps on the external sd card. This phone seems to go to the very limited system storage options (only like 1.3 gig free). So I feel like I have no choice but to continue using APPS2SD.
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What apps are you running that you need THAT much internal storage for apps?
Samsung typically leaves 2gb for internal app storage, the 16gb internal SD for media ect..
I've got well over 150 apps on my phone and haven't come close to using my internal storage.
Well, I need more than the 2GB of internal storage but not much more. Just not used to the way this phone handled app storage compared to my past phones.
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Well, I need more than the 2GB of internal storage but not much more. Just not used to the way this phone handled app storage compared to my past phones.
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what do you install that requires that much space?
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So basically, the expanded slot is mainly for files and media, correct?
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not correct
you can do sooooo much more with it, that you wont believe
check this out for detail http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1343187
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How can I move an app to my external SD card rather than the internal 16 GB storage. I cannot find a way to do that. When I choose move to SD card is only goes to the internal 16 GB.
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Give Link2SD a try; it's fantastic and allows you to move apps, one at a time or multiples (under menu button) to the ExternalSD card (plus it allows you to do so much more, see link above). It sees the External card as it should see it, an SD card that can have apps and data on it. App2SD doesn't give you a choice to move to the ExternalSD card, it only moves from phone to InternalSD and vice versa.
Hey guys new to the forums but quick question here. I have an unlocked SK 4G and i wanted to put my 8gb micro sd into it but when i do, the SK malfunctions and is unable to turn on. can it only hold a 2gb sd card ?
I have a 6gb micro sd in my Sidekick 4g and it works perfectly. You should try formatting your sd card.
Yeah it should work with any Micro SD card, I'm not sure why memory size would affect the phonee.
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alright thats whati thought..I am going to try it out
So I have the 8gb micro sd card inserted now, but my SK 4G is unable to even read the card. It won't alllow me to format it because it thinks I don't have an sd card inserted. Any suggestions ?
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Have you thought maybe the Micro SD is defective? Try using it on a different phone.
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Yea I think your card is bad because I have a 16gb card in mine.
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Try sticking the card in a PC card reader and formatting it there. If the card is good it should work fine. I'm running a 32 without any problems.
Can I use a 64GB sdxc class 10 on my sidekick 4g?
Folders or just particular files i just transferred into external card end up disappearing. As it was never there. I checked Lost.dir folder and it was all of a sudden same size as mdata that is missing. I read the card is corrupted so u formatted it. It has happened twice the reformat. Whats causing that? Just want to understand it.
This happens on the external card level 6 32 gig micro card only, by the way.
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Folders or just particular files i just transferred into external card end up disappearing. As it was never there. I checked Lost.dir folder and it was all of a sudden same size as mdata that is missing. I read the card is corrupted so u formatted it. It has happened twice the reformat. Whats causing that? Just want to understand it.
This happens on the external card level 6 32 gig micro card only, by the way.
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How long have you had it? And what from are you running? I'd guess its corrupt and you should format, or your not waiting for the transfer long enough (with root explorer, leave the window active until it actually finishes)
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Folders or just particular files i just transferred into external card end up disappearing. As it was never there. I checked Lost.dir folder and it was all of a sudden same size as mdata that is missing. I read the card is corrupted so u formatted it. It has happened twice the reformat. Whats causing that? Just want to understand it.
This happens on the external card level 6 32 gig micro card only, by the way.
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Were u ever able to solve this??? everytime i transfer sumthn from my pc it doesnt stick after i unplug it but wen i transfer from internal to enternal sd using root explorer it works but doesnt stick on a reboot....i have a class 6 32mb kingston
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look into performing a "low level format." This can be done with hddguru's "low level format" tool or be using the dd command from Linux eg. dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda1 bs=1m
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look into performing a "low level format." This can be done with hddguru's "low level format" tool or be using the dd command from Linux eg. dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda1 bs=1m
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Ill look into this...
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I'm having the same problem. I have a class 4 32GB card and the same contents of a folder keep removing themselves. Last time I formatted the card and put them back. I had 98% of them backed up on my computer. So did a full format, took like 45 mins, and now 4 days later, same stuff gone! And its about 19gigs of music, vids, and pics every time!
PS. Sorry I didn't post anything to help, just wanted to let you know you aren't alone!
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Sorry for long delay with my response. I did format the card on pc. Did one of them deep formats. Took forever. That fixed it for the most part. I did notice that the problem persists only when it comes to video files. I wait for transfer to finish. I keep the app on the active. Even make sure it transferred all files correctly and that they actually play. Even with all that they disappear after a reboot or when i fire up file manager. I use es explorer by the way. What ive done lately is transfer them to phone memory first and keep a copy there and transfer video files a few a time instead of the whole bulk. If i do that it seems to work fine. Files dont disappear if i do that.
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Never mind. Its began doing again with all files. I gave up and bought a class 4 32 gig card. I dont know if its because the one i have was class 6 but its annoying. Cant trust it to save files anymore.
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