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SD Card Issues

I bought a new 32 gig sd card, I copied the filed on my existing card to a folder on my computer then transferred it to my 32 gig sd card. When I try flashing a rom from my new card it doesn't go thru, if I try flash it from my old sd it go thru fine.
What is happening or what am I doing wrong ?
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try fomatting the card again using SD Formatter? http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter_3/

Thank you I'll try it and see what happens
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Still does not work

Goldbatt said:
I bought a new 32 gig sd card, I copied the filed on my existing card to a folder on my computer then transferred it to my 32 gig sd card. When I try flashing a rom from my new card it doesn't go thru, if I try flash it from my old sd it go thru fine.
What is happening or what am I doing wrong ?
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What is the manufacturer and speed of the card and where did you buy it from?

grenademasta said:
What is the manufacturer and speed of the card and where did you buy it from?
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Its a Sandisk 32 gb SD card. I bought it online cant remember exactly where right now.

What file format did you use to format it?

Not sure I used the formatter in the link above. Is there a specific format and formatter I need to use?
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Yeah, I'd like to know as well... I have an 8g card and I did a 512 ext and the rest Fat32... do I need to set the ext partition to ext3 or will that happen automatically depending on the rom...
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Okay guys I need to figure this out so here goes again:
I just bought a 32gb scan disk SD card to replace a 8gb I had. When I try flashing a ROM or rebooting in recovery with the 32gb card in the phone it gets stuck on that black screen with the android logo and the triangle. If I use my 8 gb card everything proceeds smoothly. I have formatted it but I get the same result.
Can any one tell me how to fix this problem?

Do you have a card reader on your computer? I had a similar issue when I was using the "quick format" option in windows. Once I did the longer version it worked fine.
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Another micro SD issue...please help

Rooted on beans R2. I have formatted my micro Sd card via PC with fat32. put the sd card in and everything seems fine untill I reboot phone. after reboot phone it comes up damaged SD card or empty files, plese format card.
this happens everytime I reboot my phone.
Any ideas??

Nothing!?? come on guys. I need your help here

I thought I read some where you're never supposed to format your SD card with your computer, it should only be through your phone.
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1Android said:
Nothing!?? come on guys. I need your help here
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maybe give some details about your Sdcard.
i have had some hit & misses with the lower quality SD cards available from like Microcenter or Fry's in those bulk clear cases...
also why not just boot into recovery & format the card from there & see if that works?

Its a lexar 10 class 32 gig. I didn't know you could format an SD card from recovery.
If you could give me an idea on some steps to take that would be very helpful and appreciated
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You can format your card from the settings -----> storage menu also.
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thats good to know also. I may try that here.
BUT, why am I needed to reformat my card everytime it reboots??

Trouble with 64gb SD card

Anyone have this card http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B007W...-5410429?ref_=pe_175190_21431760_M3T1_SC_dp_1 or any 64gb SD card? I'm having a problem getting cwm to recognize it. I already reformatted it and still it does not work in cwm. Anyone know anything about this? My 32gb card works just fine
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Try formatting on a Mac. I have that card, tried three PCs with no luck but works perfectly after formatting on Mac using FAT.
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I guess cwm does not support exfat which the gs3 defaults to when formatting 64gb cards. I found out here http://forums.androidcentral.com/sp...ting-roms-hacks/184708-64gb-micro-sd-cwm.html I need to partition the card with a program. I'll do that tomorrow I'm going to bed lol
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cell128 said:
Anyone have this card http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B007W...-5410429?ref_=pe_175190_21431760_M3T1_SC_dp_1 or any 64gb SD card? I'm having a problem getting cwm to recognize it. I already reformatted it and still it does not work in cwm. Anyone know anything about this? My 32gb card works just fine
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Format to fat32 and it should work
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cell128 said:
Anyone have this card http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B007W...-5410429?ref_=pe_175190_21431760_M3T1_SC_dp_1 or any 64gb SD card? I'm having a problem getting cwm to recognize it. I already reformatted it and still it does not work in cwm. Anyone know anything about this? My 32gb card works just fine
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One of those "believe it or not" things: the SDXC (SD eXtended Capacity = 64GB or more) specification says that the default (factory) format is exFAT. The GS3 recognizes both exFAT and FAT32, but some ROMS do not support exFAT due to Microsoft's funky licensing.

cell128 said:
I guess cwm does not support exfat which the gs3 defaults to when formatting 64gb cards. I found out here http://forums.androidcentral.com/sp...ting-roms-hacks/184708-64gb-micro-sd-cwm.html I need to partition the card with a program. I'll do that tomorrow I'm going to bed lol
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You don't need to partition it. You need to format it to Fat32 as was mentioned.

I am now on my 3rd 64GB MicroSD, the same one in OP.
It works when I get it, but it preformatted as exFat, which wont work with ROM.
The first 2 SDs I used EaseUS Partition to format as Fat32. Format went fine, but when I went to place files on card, card unmounted. This last one I used Ridgecorp’s Fat32Format, but same problem.
When I insert card, Win7 sees it, but if I go to format/write it disconnects.
Before I send this third one back to amazon, any ideas how to format it?
FYI, I took the last one to a frien with a mac to see if he could fix it, after i tried to format Fat32, but no luck.

nathan951 said:
I am now on my 3rd 64GB MicroSD, the same one in OP.
It works when I get it, but it preformatted as exFat, which wont work with ROM.
The first 2 SDs I used EaseUS Partition to format as Fat32. Format went fine, but when I went to place files on card, card unmounted. This last one I used Ridgecorp’s Fat32Format, but same problem.
When I insert card, Win7 sees it, but if I go to format/write it disconnects.
Before I send this third one back to amazon, any ideas how to format it?
FYI, I took the last one to a frien with a mac to see if he could fix it, after i tried to format Fat32, but no luck.
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Yea, I believe that's the same card I have(had for working on 3 1/2 months now) and I used the Ridgecorp GUI utility in this thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773735 to format it as soon as I got it.
I've loaded it with music and continue to play said music all the time, use my ext for all my ROM downloading and storage. I access it all the time thru the phone and computer with no problems attributed to the card. (Some ROMs screw with my computer seeing my phone period)

Surprise! TW UI Did the trick!
S'up Crew
I don't know if this would apply to anyone on this thread but I bought a SanDisk 64GB MicroSDXC and my SGS3 Wouldn't recognize the card and all.
At the time I was running CM10 Stable.
After trying several different methods found around the forums (both here and external) nothing worked.
W7 would only recognize it as a 32GB because of OS limitations and with every single third party software I tried it was always the same thing (32GB only).
So on a whim I decided to try a slightly different approach.
I flashed a backup I had of the Original Touch Whiz UI I had laying around back onto the device. Shoved the SD card into it and LO and BEHOLD.. It recognized the card.. Erased the Contents and Formated it properly!
I went into Titanium Backup to see if it actually worked and there it was..
63.xGB.. Woohoo!
So apparently CM has problems seeing a 64GB MircoSDXC correctly and the Stock Touch Whiz UI OS works nicely to see it and format it.
Hope this helps the next person who reads this!

I formatted my 64GB class 10 card in my Mac to fat32 and it has worked fine since.
CWM sees it as that size, TWRP does, both my Mac and PC do.
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So I formatted my 64gb micro to Fat32. PC recognizes it at 64gb, but I can't get it to transfer any files to it. Says there's no space available. What gives?
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What type card is it? Also when trying to transfer files is the card in the phone or straight to the computer via micro SD adapter ect....
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Heads up 64gb MicroSD

Just a heads up, might help a few people. My phones batt drained completely and whenever i charged it and turned it on it always said that my SD card was damaged and needed reformatting. At first i kept on reformatting it and thought i might have bought a faulty SD card.
Then i thought id experiment when it happened again, after plugging it in, i let it charge from 1% to 10% and reset the phone. Suddenly my SD card works again and was no longer considered "damaged"
Just randomly guessing that maybe my phone didnt have enough juice to run the SD card when it was drained to 0.
Have only gotten to test it once. Ill try again tom since on a daily basis i drain the batt to 0 by 6pm. Ill post again if it works again.
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I doubt that's the case. I have a 64gb card and I will run all the way down to 0%
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i am using a sandisk 64gb as well but do not have such issue.
have you tried performing a low level format on your 64gb?
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No such issue on my 64GB Samsung and SanDisk cards too.

No issue with my samsung 64g card here
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No problem with SanDisk 64GB UHS-I card. It's currently formatted to FAT32.
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No problems here with a 64gb Samsung

I had problems with my SanDisk 64GB card formated to exFat.
Then I reformated to Fat32 and everything is ok.
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hmmm... mines formatted to Fat32 as well but this happened... guess if no one else is having this issue, i should take back my SD card to the shop..
Thanks for sharing your experiences with your SD cards

ruffruff said:
i am using a sandisk 64gb as well but do not have such issue.
have you tried performing a low level format on your 64gb?
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What do you mean by "low level formatting"?

cippy said:
No problems here with a 64gb Samsung
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same here, no probs so far

sandisk 64gb?
http://www.phonearena.com/news/SanDisk-says-it-produced-some-bad-32GB-and-64GB-microSD-cards_id40986

I have just purchased the 64gb ultra SanDisk as well.
Put it in once i had formatted it for exFAT and all was well until a few hours into my phone usage it said i need to format my card, as it may be corrupt/damaged. I took no notice and went into storage and mounted it, and it worked again. It does this all the bloody time.
So i tried to change ROM's as i thought hey.. who knows. But behold that when i select a ROM from the SD card it stops working half way through my flash. Lucky I have a backup on my internal SD card or i'd be fu**ed...
Formatting for FAT32 does the same thing. I've emailed sandisk as I must have one of their defective cards.

JayceOoi said:
No such issue on my 64GB Samsung and SanDisk cards too.
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Agreed. JayceOoi, dude, good to see you here. Your tips on HD2 have been excellent. :laugh:

hamdogg said:
I have just purchased the 64gb ultra SanDisk as well.
Put it in once i had formatted it for exFAT and all was well until a few hours into my phone usage it said i need to format my card, as it may be corrupt/damaged. I took no notice and went into storage and mounted it, and it worked again. It does this all the bloody time.
So i tried to change ROM's as i thought hey.. who knows. But behold that when i select a ROM from the SD card it stops working half way through my flash. Lucky I have a backup on my internal SD card or i'd be fu**ed...
Formatting for FAT32 does the same thing. I've emailed sandisk as I must have one of their defective cards.
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There seems to be a fix from Phil (Creator of Philz CWM)
In an ADB shell you can type this code to attempt to mount the 64Gb card.
Use a tool like this if you are unfamiliar with ADB interfaces.
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and then check this out if you are also unfamiliar on how to use ADB...
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Code:
mount -t exfat /external_sd
I have not tried it yet as I am awaiting my new sanDisk ultra card...

hamdogg said:
There seems to be a fix from Phil (Creator of Philz CWM)
In an ADB shell you can type this code to attempt to mount the 64Gb card.
Use a tool like this if you are unfamiliar with ADB interfaces.
LINK:
and then check this out if you are also unfamiliar on how to use ADB...
LINK:
Code:
mount -t exfat /external_sd
I have not tried it yet as I am awaiting my new sanDisk ultra card...
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hmm how is that a fix? it's just mounting the card.
can you link to where phil suggests this? Thanks.
i'm also having issues where my card will just randomly unmount then remount, and the media scanner process then scans the entire card and chews through my battery. i have a 64gB sandisk

omniwolf said:
hmm how is that a fix? it's just mounting the card.
can you link to where phil suggests this? Thanks.
i'm also having issues where my card will just randomly unmount then remount, and the media scanner process then scans the entire card and chews through my battery. i have a 64gB sandisk
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Phil said that it may be a problem with CWM mounting the card. Like I said I can't try it so can't confirm if it works. No one as yet has reported it working or not yet..
Forum link:

oh CWM, i don't have any problems there, just when i'm actually booted into android proper.

ooop said:
sandisk 64gb?
http://www.phonearena.com/news/SanDisk-says-it-produced-some-bad-32GB-and-64GB-microSD-cards_id40986
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I have SanDisk 64GB and it have been working fine in my S4 since 10 of May :fingers-crossed:

MicroSD issue with stock Sprint ROM

I have a issue with microSD card with the stock rom (jb4.1.2, sprint).
When I insert my 32gb samsung class 10, the phones tell me that is corrupted.
I have formatted with PC (windows 8.1), with the phone (in android, not in recovery) but same issue.
I also run chkdsk from windows to fix the problem, but nothing..
The only way to get my SD working is mount and remount from android settings until it makes a strange "mount loop" and to the end phone accept the card.
Every reboot or every time I get out the card I have the same issue.
I also have issue with spotify: aftero 400 / 500 MB of downloaded cache it tell me the memory is finished.. but I got 10gb left in sd and 2 in internal.. I think issues are connected.

Have you tried a different SD card? Perhaps that card is in fact corrupt.
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arrrghhh said:
Have you tried a different SD card? Perhaps that card is in fact corrupt.
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With CyanogenMod (10.2 and 11) works perfectly on my phone, with my old desire Z works.. The problem is only with original sprint rom..
Test: 64mb microSD works ok.. (don't ask me why I have 64mb microSD )
New test: my brother's 64gb kingstone class 10 works perfectly, my samsung 32gb class 10 on my brother's huawei p1 with CM10 works perfectly..