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[Q] Desire S, Changing SD card

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!

toke420 said:
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

det66 said:
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
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda premium

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.
chubby65 said:
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
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda premium

Slow sd card

General SD card problems
If your getting general slow SD card, issues with content on there being read, backup the importent stuff like photos etc and format SD card, seems the old android files on SD card may be messing things up. thanks orihuri for the tip.
If this didnt help and your still having prolems with slow SD card speeds download sd booster from the market and set the cache to 3000+ thanks to lws803 for the tip.
Did this both.. but still very slow sd card if I copy files
from pc -> sd = slow
from sd -> pc = normal
suggestions ?

Could you specify what "slow" and "normal" translate to in mb/s?
And what ROM are you using? Perhaps the problem lies there.

Moh Moh said:
Could you specify what "slow" and "normal" translate to in mb/s?
And what ROM are you using? Perhaps the problem lies there.
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I use always android revolution hd, I had 4.1.x and the speed was ok.
I upgraded to ics 5.0.1.. at that moment I had problems with the sd-card
Now I use ics 4.0.3 --> android revo hd 6.0.
I did format sd card, and boost sd card but not helped.
slow = under 300kb/s
normal = 6mb/s +
So copying from pc --> sd is very very slow 300kb/s and lower.

moviewatch said:
I use always android revolution hd, I had 4.1.x and the speed was ok.
I upgraded to ics 5.0.1.. at that moment I had problems with the sd-card
Now I use ics 4.0.3 --> android revo hd 6.0.
I did format sd card, and boost sd card but not helped.
slow = under 300kb/s
normal = 6mb/s +
So copying from pc --> sd is very very slow 300kb/s and lower.
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Don't use the phones connection to transfer stuff then, use an sdcard adaptor and problem is fixed. It's something some user experience on ICS ROM's
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You can try using cpu tuner to increase your sd cache size.....its set at a default of 512 on ics roms. I increased mine to 2048 and the write and read speed increased a ton.

moviewatch said:
General SD card problems
If your getting general slow SD card, issues with content on there being read, backup the importent stuff like photos etc and format SD card, seems the old android files on SD card may be messing things up. thanks orihuri for the tip.
If this didnt help and your still having prolems with slow SD card speeds download sd booster from the market and set the cache to 3000+ thanks to lws803 for the tip.
Did this both.. but still very slow sd card if I copy files
from pc -> sd = slow
from sd -> pc = normal
suggestions ?
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It depends on what class is your card. if class 2 and/or 4 it's slow. I have class 6 and is fast ...

Thanks for the tips.. ill try.
My transfer rate is about 1,25mb/sec
Have been lot faster
Using ARHD 6.0.2

i only had this issue while i was on ICS based Roms. (insertCoin) Even though it was generally updated the issue was still there. Sometimes a reboot did the trick, but after some time i got annoyed and flashed back a GB rom.
Since 1.1.12 i am on Elegancia and there is no speed issue.......yet

Hey i have a 16gb class 10 micro sd and via usb when I am copying stuff over such as videos, music or anything, i'll be lucky if i get 600-700kb/s. Is this normal ?
I have a htc desire HD running ICS ice cold sandwich AOKP 7.4 (Stripper Edition). Im sure it did not copy things to the sd card this slowly before ?

moviewatch said:
Did this both.. but still very slow sd card if I copy files
from pc -> sd = slow
from sd -> pc = normal
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Because SD to PC = Reading from SD
PC to SD = Writing to SD
Reading is always much faster than writing.

Galaxy R i9103 continious reboot problem

Hi , My phone I9103 Galaxy R continoius reboot ( 4 -5 times) whenever i power cycle the phone. :crying:
problem continious till I remove the memory card and restart the phone , but as soon as I reinsert the card it start continious reboot
I had to factory reset everytime and then phone become normal. :crying:
please help me is this known problem with Galaxy R ?? I serached the forma and found that widget should not kept in SD card and hence I removed most of them to phone memory but problem still there :crying:
I have not installed any custom ROM or Kernel and not even rooted my phone ..... currently on stock 2.3.5 GB
baseband version : I9103DDKH4
Kernel version : 2.6.36.3-I9103XWKI5-CL577705
please help me.

This is some thing to do with Memory card, better format your card and try it agin ....

mj.vikram said:
This is some thing to do with Memory card, better format your card and try it agin ....
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dude, I formated many time , but this problem persist,
Is this known problem ?
shell I go to Samsung service center ??... I don't want to do factory reset this time

ashvyas said:
dude, I formated many time , but this problem persist,
Is this known problem ?
shell I go to Samsung service center ??... I don't want to do factory reset this time
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No Buddy this is not the common problem with our Galaxy R...

ashvyas said:
dude, I formated many time , but this problem persist,
Is this known problem ?
shell I go to Samsung service center ??... I don't want to do factory reset this time
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I think ur mmc is damaged...not physically
Try with some other mmc n see wat happens
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SOLUTION
First, I'll tell you the reason of the problem!
Reason: The memory card you are using is not a high speed one! You have moved a lot of apps to the memory card! Each time you restart the device the memory card is scanned for apps and media! Certain apps that need to be loaded at start up have also been moved to the memory card. Due to the pathetic read speed of the memory card these apps don't get loaded in time and this sparks a reboot cycle(can't say why)
Solution: Move all the apps to the internal memory of your phone! Reboot! Problem solved! (Next time move only a few apps to the memory card!)
else
Order a high speed memory card over ebay!
Thnx!

The-Droidster said:
SOLUTION
First, I'll tell you the reason of the problem!
Reason: The memory card you are using is not a high speed one! You have moved a lot of apps to the memory card! Each time you restart the device the memory card is scanned for apps and media! Certain apps that need to be loaded at start up have also been moved to the memory card. Due to the pathetic read speed of the memory card these apps don't get loaded in time and this sparks a reboot cycle(can't say why)
Solution: Move all the apps to the internal memory of your phone! Reboot! Problem solved! (Next time move only a few apps to the memory card!)
else
Order a high speed memory card over ebay!
Thnx!
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I am using "Transcend Memory Card MicroSDHC 16GB Class 10" but seems very logical as I have installed almost 175 apps and amoung thoser around 122 in SD card

ashvyas said:
I am using "Transcend Memory Card MicroSDHC 16GB Class 10" but seems very logical as I have installed almost 175 apps and amoung thoser around 122 in SD card
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Same here buddy.. I have class 10 16 gb card..bt in every haed boot, my 10 out of 209 app dont show..
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ashvyas said:
I am using "Transcend Memory Card MicroSDHC 16GB Class 10" but seems very logical as I have installed almost 175 apps and amoung thoser around 122 in SD card
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The-Droidster said:
SOLUTION
First, I'll tell you the reason of the problem!
Reason: The memory card you are using is not a high speed one! You have moved a lot of apps to the memory card! Each time you restart the device the memory card is scanned for apps and media! Certain apps that need to be loaded at start up have also been moved to the memory card. Due to the pathetic read speed of the memory card these apps don't get loaded in time and this sparks a reboot cycle(can't say why)
Solution: Move all the apps to the internal memory of your phone! Reboot! Problem solved! (Next time move only a few apps to the memory card!)
else
Order a high speed memory card over ebay!
Thnx!
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a quick fix :
I removed some files from .android_secure of external sd card and it stopped reboot
seems Transcend is not something which should be looked for when looking for a high speed card.
can someone suggest how can we see reboot logs in un-rooted android ?? ( any app out there in market??)

Buddy removing apps from .android.secure is the same as moving them back to phone, only difference is that by moving apps to phone you wouldn't have lost them!
Using logcat for debugging from the bootlog:
• Boot into recovery.
• Open Terminal on your computer (run >cmd)
• Enter the required logcat command. Preferably, -v long. (adb logcat -v long > logcat.txt)
• In recovery tell it to reboot the phone. The logcat will start recording internally on your device at boot automatically.
• Once the phone is at the lockscreen let it sit for 5 minutes.
• Unlock the phone and let it sit for about 10 seconds.
• Restart the phone.
• Once you restart the phone open the logcat file on your desktop to make sure it’s not blank/empty/something went wrong and if everything’s golden - send to your favorite developer.​

dudee i have a problem with my samsung galaxy r.it turns on and remains stuck on samsung screen for some seconds and then turns off.i dont want to perform a factory reset casue i have all my data and photo that unfortunately i havent backed up.somebody hellp me pls

External SD card problem

Hello! I think that needs another topic.
A small question about the problem with SD card on the p5100.
As of 4.1 or 4.2 google has introduced the 'cool' feature - multi-profile system.
Okay, everything is good, but with this 'cool' feature they have changed something with SD cards. Now internal memory is divided to the internal memory and internal SD-card which is considered as an external SD card. All apps are installed there, and my external SD card (32 gb) is now useless. Ofc, I can explore it on a file explorer, but the system thinks it is the second SD card and don't want to move any apps there.
And that's the problem. All apps are instaled on the internal-external SD card and the free-space is.. You know.
I can't update my apps, I can't download new apps - no memory alert.
Cyanogenmod nightly 10.2
So, is there any way to fix it, like Samsung has done to SGS3?
It's getting everything out of me.
On my phone everything is ok, but on the tablet.. :/
And please don't say google it.
I'm searching for this fix for.. months. Can't find anything so posted here.

Try Link2SD
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Luigi2012SM64DS said:
Try Link2SD
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Already tried.
"App2SD is not supported by your device. Because your Device has a primary external storage which is emulated from the internal storage. You can link the app in order to move its files to your SD card.
That's the problem.
Apps are already installed on the SD card but the wrong one.
Anyway, the emulated SD card has 10 GB free space, the 'proper' SD card has 25GB free.
When I try to update something on G Play, or install any app from my explorer - error, no enough free space.
Oh come on.
i.imgur.com/hWzliZS.png
Where is that "no enough free space"?
For a 200 KB update?!
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And I think that 'canceling the emulation' of the internal SD card will do a lot for me.. But how. :/

root & clean master
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GPkomp said:
root & clean master
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I don't see any app called 'root & clean master'. Anyway can't install any app because I 'don't have enough space'.

Check your internal memory using a pc and see exactly what you have stored there. Over 10GB should be enough for a 200KB update. I suspect something is wrong with your tablet.

Anyway, hard reseted. You can close the topic.

Acrivec said:
Anyway, hard reseted. You can close the topic.
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I just got a p3110 last week and have this same issue, Its only a 8gb and I want to install apps to the sd and it will not, did you fix yours? how?

You cannot move or install apps to the external sd card. Only the internal storage. There are methods if you are rooted. Read down the forum topics. There are a few threads discussing this. But stock tablets do not install apps to the external sd card.
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Install link2sd
Create a new ext3 partition of desired size in ur external sd using mini partition tool.
Then use this partition to move all your apps using link2sd...
I had done this procedure in my old galaxy y because it had very less internal storage....
I haven't checked it on my tab though... but why don't u give it a try...
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Problem
try to reflash

Acrivec said:
I can't update my apps, I can't download new apps - no memory alert.
Cyanogenmod nightly 10.2
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CM10.2 isn't yet working flawless on the Tab 2. I have tried nightlies 10 days ago and on 23th but none of them worked as good as stable CM10.1.1 does.
EDIT: I've flashed today CM10.2 nightly 20130826 and finally everything in my p5110 seems to work

Acrivec said:
Anyway, hard reseted. You can close the topic.
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This was my solution.
Posting after this was kinda useless. Please close the topic.
~edit:
Hard reset -> delete all data, fabric reset.

SAME 2 ME
my p5100 no have no problem ,everything working good .i have one message 2 told you ,p5100 sdcard only working with the 4.0.3 sistem , no one eles, some day i change to change about 15 times, 4.1.1~~4.1.2~~to the new one 4.2.2.. sdcard is not working, everything you want 2 user d date form sdcard , in not working , try see d photo ,is bad photo..
so right now i have to told you ,if you want user the sdcard ,you have to change 4.0.3 back to your phone

[Q] sd card removed unexpectedly. working again on rebooting

hii all. i bought sensation xe 2 wks ago. i'm facing the problem in my sensation xe of removing sd card unexpectedly.. after this notification all of my apps stop working except those which are in internal storage. so i reboot my phone and my sd card working again normally without even touching it or removing the batery.. this seems weird. but again after 3-4 hr more or less this notification again comes.. my phone is not rooted as i dont know how to root, updated on ics.. sd card also seems fine as it works on rebooting the phone..
p.s- i'm having this issue after i have upgraded my sd card from 2gb to 8gb.. before that not even the single time i have got that error.....
i have also facing a problem on every reboot that "ANdroid is upgrading" optimizing applications 1 to 28.. so my every reboot takes atleast 2 min which is very annoying.. this error cames after i upgraded from 2.3 to ics...
anybody help me.. and sorry if i am breaking any rules as i have search these problems on google but didnt get any satisfying result.

Did you tried with other sd card ,maybe you have faulty sd card
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Mile_zdr said:
Did you tried with other sd card ,maybe you have faulty sd card
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i have used 2gb card and it was working fine. may be 8gb not supported by my phone. as it works flawlessly on computer and other devices.

sna762 said:
i have used 2gb card and it was working fine. may be 8gb not supported by my phone. as it works flawlessly on computer and other devices.
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If you have that 2 gb card use it for few days and see how it goes

sna762 said:
i have used 2gb card and it was working fine. may be 8gb not supported by my phone. as it works flawlessly on computer and other devices.
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Fyi, I use a 32 gb card in my xe. Even 64 gb is supported.
Happy to help.

I met this same issue many times with my 16gb sd-card, and normally when I tried to download app or others, the issue would occur, reboot is the only way to fix it, seems to be the bad card, maybe I have to buy a new one...

Mile_zdr said:
If you have that 2 gb card use it for few days and see how it goes
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yes it was working perfectly.. problem is with only 8gb card.
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Fyi, I use a 32 gb card in my xe. Even 64 gb is supported.
Happy to help.
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are u using a sandisk or some other?
ericbaggio said:
I met this same issue many times with my 16gb sd-card, and normally when I tried to download app or others, the issue would occur, reboot is the only way to fix it, seems to be the bad card, maybe I have to buy a new one...
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ok let me know whenever u change the card..

perhaps try to reformat your sd card