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Ever since I put in a 2gig memory card my 8525 has gotten very slow to wake up. Without the card it comes out of sleep almost instantly. With the card installed it takes 2-3 seconds. Any ideas on what might be causing this issue?
I'm running the vp3G v2.0 WM6 ROM and the memory card is a SanDisk 2.0gb MicroSD.
Also I have to reboot the 8525 after inserting the card to get it to recognize it. Is this normal?
Clear Skies,
Dave
Seems like something you have installed needs to access it on the card first. Check what programs you have that is most likely to run in the background and it's probably installed on the card and not the device.
I am getting the exact same problem except all i did was move my pictures and videos to my sd card... I have no other programs etc on my phone. please help
Same problem (solved)
I had the same problem and found that the advice of ThaiM was correct.
The offending application in my case was Garmin Q that seem to need to access the micro SD before allowing the phone to wake up.
Now wake up is quick but the unistalled Garmin Q is complaining that it can't find the garmin.exe. probably something in the startup folder of registry, should be able to sort that out.
Thanks for the solution
Hi,
Recently bought a SHIFT. Fantastic device. Only problem is SD card shows error when removed and re-inserted.
Once re-inserted, the card is not visible. Under device manager, the following error is listed:
Windows cannot load the device driver for this
hardware because a previous instance of the device driver is still in memory.
(Code 38)
Suprisingly enough, the resolution suggested by our good friends at MS is to Reboot the device. Obviously this works, but the problem comes back once the card is removed again.
I have tried pretty much everything, include waving a magic feather across the keyboard, with no luck.
Things I have tried:
1. Clearing the INF cache - to rebuild he caceh files, as suggested by some forums - FAILED
2. Re-loaded entire O/S (from Fn+F3) and applied SP1 (no other software loaded onto it). Although this was fantastic for the overall operation/performance of the device, still - FAILED
3. Tried different SD cards - FAILED
4. Waive magic feather - FAILED, although it made me sneeze a few times
Note about (3) - SD cards used, 256MB Sandisk (40x), 2GB 50x Sandisk Extreme II, 8GB SDHC Extreme III C6 card. No MMC/XD tried, and don't intend to.
System Note:
Device is Standard HTC Shift, Vista Business 6.0.6001 SP1 Build 6001.
I would greatly appreciate suggestions or assistance. I would love to get this working, as ReadyBoost + 4GB C6 card will truly boost a 1GB device like this.
PS: I HIGHLY RECOMMEND SP1, and if you are not a visual junky like me, goto Performance settings and kill all the Vista fancies (i.e. it will basically look like XP once you do that). The device is super-fast for me, running Next-G on it. I use it with a very bulky share trading package (uses DotNet1.1) and it is very smooth.
Well I am facing simila problem. help would be very much appreciated.
I will try your advice on using SP1.
CTS
SP1 will definitely improve performance. I found that installing SP1 after I have installed software caused problems, especially anti-virus.
Read my post on re-install Vista and applying SP1, that seemed to work perfectly:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=384333&page=2
I'm having this same issue. I've already installed SP1, and am not keen on reinstalling the whole system just to fix this one small issue.
Apologies, I'm just writing a "me-too" post so I can get a notification if anyone suggests another solution.
do you have zone alarms installed by any chance? i had a problem where drivers wouldnt load for wifi, bluetooth, card reader and other devices but after uninstalling zone alarm, the problem ceased to exist.
No Zone Alarm here
Hi,
Perhaps my note was unclear. SP1 DID NOT resolve the issue, it did boost performance significantly. So if you have installed SP1 and still getting SD issues, you can hop into the same boat!
Specifically related to this post is the SD memory card issue - after reboot, inserting and removing card, putting PC to sleep/hibernate causes "SD driver instance in memory issue".
I am assuming this will definitely be an issue across all HTC SHIFTs using SD, if anyone has successfully used an SD card with the SHIFT (as in doesnt get the problem stated above), please post a note with the driver details (version, date, filenames) thanks. Note that the drivers will be listed under the "Disk Drives" category of Device Manager, not the controller.
arvinf,
I am using a 16gb sdhc having 4gb reserved for Readyboost. I keep readyboost always active, and the sd is always visible after resume. I hope it helps
jarbi said:
arvinf,
I am using a 16gb sdhc having 4gb reserved for Readyboost. I keep readyboost always active, and the sd is always visible after resume. I hope it helps
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can you please post the name and model number of your sd card? maybe different brand acts differently.
arvinf said:
Hi,
Perhaps my note was unclear. SP1 DID NOT resolve the issue, it did boost performance significantly. So if you have installed SP1 and still getting SD issues, you can hop into the same boat!
Specifically related to this post is the SD memory card issue - after reboot, inserting and removing card, putting PC to sleep/hibernate causes "SD driver instance in memory issue".
I am assuming this will definitely be an issue across all HTC SHIFTs using SD, if anyone has successfully used an SD card with the SHIFT (as in doesnt get the problem stated above), please post a note with the driver details (version, date, filenames) thanks. Note that the drivers will be listed under the "Disk Drives" category of Device Manager, not the controller.
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my SD is fine after sleep and after hibernation too, tried reinsertion, fine so far.
vista is annoying with this popup asking if i want to scan the sd contents
anyway, driver version for sd under disk drives is 6.0.6000.16478 (from microsoft). (no SP1 yet, WM side is more important now)
the SD is a topram 2GB.
cmonex said:
my SD is fine after sleep and after hibernation too, tried reinsertion, fine so far.
the SD is a topram 2GB.
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Was the shift on the charger or with battery only?
What powerplan do you use?
When my Shift is on the charger I hardly ever have problems, but using the battery.....Brrrrrr,.
Huib
herpi said:
Was the shift on the charger or with battery only?
What powerplan do you use?
When my Shift is on the charger I hardly ever have problems, but using the battery.....Brrrrrr,.
Huib
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I usually have it on battery to keep the battery cool (and so prolong its life).
my powerplan is customized powersaving plan. but all I really did was turn brightness lower so that it lasts 3+ hours on battery (bit less than 3 with wifi) and adjust sleep/screen turn off timeouts.
No idea why, but I am not losing my 16 GB SDHC card any more. Neither from Hibernate, nor from sleep.
Even using Power Saver.
With or without the charger plugged in......
Maybe changing/swapping SD cards gave the problems.
I keep a log now and keep you informed.
settings:
Readyboost ON (4 GB)
Power Saver ON
strange...
Huib
same problem also. That code 68 error is also eating up my hapyness. It seems the problems apear somewhat randomly in my case.
Same here,
The readyboost solution didn't work for me..
No I loose the SDHC even after sleep
After coming back from sleep mode I see the SDHC 16 gb card but cannot open it.
There is this grey bar on top that fills slowly, but still, the SD card does not show its contents.
Every other program works fine.
Using readyboost.
Then I could not restart so had to force it.
I will call my lawyer?
Huib
Guys,
I dont beleive the solution will relate to power plans, on battery, etc.
There are a couple of posts here and there that suggest there may be an inherent bug in Vista on some SD card readers, and the SHIFT may be one of them.
I re-iterate the issue is SD card is not recognised once it is removed and inserted, and has an error in device manager "another instance of the driver is in memory".
I noted that CMONEX uses a different version of the driver than me (mine is 6.0.6001.18000.
Anyone else who has successfully inserted/removed memory card with this version driver? Perhaps I have a buggy driver?
FYI this post on another site is exactly the same issue:
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/31492924/bug-in-sd-memory-card-dri.aspx
I also have this problem on a Shift with Norwegian Vista.
Sometimes the card is still accessible after sleep/ hibernation or reinsertion but more often than not the driveletter disappeares and when looking in Device Manager the card is shown but with an exclamation mark and text telling me that another instance of the driver is already loaded (like others here have reported).
A full restart or first insertion of the card will invariably be successful, giving me access to the SD-card.
I'm feeling a bit silly bringing this up, but for some reason I can not seem to find/activate ReadyBoost on my Shift. It is available (at least the option to test the flash-mem) on other computers I have, but on my Shift the option is just not there. Does anyone have any suggestions?
in my case i can't see the card at all after the device wakes from standby. No drive letter, no icon no nothing.
trondkk said:
but for some reason I can not seem to find/activate ReadyBoost on my Shift. It is available (at least the option to test the flash-mem) on other computers I have, but on my Shift the option is just not there. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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Yes, The solution is available somewhere on this forum.
Using the search function, you should have no trouble finding it.
grtz,
Pfeffa-rah
People beware!!!
This failure X2 corrupts memory cards!
Completely corrputs the content!
Sooner or later you’ll also encounter this –
confirmed by many other users!
So if you still decide to use this unreliable piece of failure,
be sure to make backups!!!!
doministry said:
People beware!!!
This failure X2 corrupts memory cards!
Completely corrputs the content!
Sooner or later you’ll also encounter this –
confirmed by many other users!
So if you still decide to use this unreliable piece of failure,
be sure to make backups!!!!
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Indeed,
I lost 7Gb aprox of very valuable stuff, like source code, documentation, photos, charts, music, software, video, backups, and so on..
I think i may found the pattern (kind of) because after the first corrupted memory it happend to me seeeeeveral times...
Its like if i start an app (lets say a game) that uses a lot of resources, the game is laggy and somehow it closes OR you use another app on the same time that is installed on the SD, like they crash by sharing some kind of resource... im not quite sure but at least two times after "playing" (i quote it because its mega laggy) i saw my Program Files folder EMPTY...
At least this time it doesnt f*** the whole card..
i wonder why OP hasnt posted a single good thing bout x2
i owe it and im quite satisfied with it it hass some things that need to be fixed but otherwise i like it
the only problem i have with it is that loses the sd card sometimes but as i read its the card problem (default one that came with it) its class2 (cheap $#"$#!%%&Z&#&"%%""% provider)
indycar: You are terrible wrong! The card problem issue is the X2 problem NOT card! I try a lot of cards (differents manufacturer, size, class). The point is, that X2 automatically turn off card when you stand by device and it turn on when you wake up X2 again. I´m thinking, that this should be a "feature" to increase power managing capabilities...
indycar said:
i wonder why OP hasnt posted a single good thing bout x2
i owe it and im quite satisfied with it it hass some things that need to be fixed but otherwise i like it
the only problem i have with it is that loses the sd card sometimes but as i read its the card problem (default one that came with it) its class2 (cheap $#"$#!%%&Z&#&"%%""% provider)
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Well I wrote many good things about it before.
With a decent firmware it'a decent device and the best choice!!!!!!
But current firmware is a massacre confirmed by all users so no reason for good words....
The memory card problem is completely independent from the card, happened to me with both cards!!!
Another victim of memory card corruption. the whole content of the memory card just dissappear like*poof*. and the symtoms looks the same. system became incredably laggy all of the sudden. reboot the device and "watch your past disappear" (adapted from STFirst Contact when Borg Queen says "Watch your future ends")...
Ben
the weird thing about my card is that only SOME things disappeared, i had several folders on my card little by little they disappeared but the files that werent in folders stayed and never got deleted, thought the card itself did not gain/lose any memory.
my card is fine .. nothing happened
You corrupted people should try some file recovery software to recover your card content. There are plenty of free recovery programs on the internet. You'd have to stick your card into your computer and run the software on the disk. Report back if you get it to work because if could help others.
ring-bearer said:
You corrupted people should try some file recovery software to recover your card content. There are plenty of free recovery programs on the internet. You'd have to stick your card into your computer and run the software on the disk. Report back if you get it to work because if could help others.
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Most of my content was backed up so I will not hassle with this.
However I would love to know how to eventually format the card to
to not to slow it down...
This whole X2 case reminds me of N97 when it was introduced. Truly 'spooky' phone
My card is also from today one of those who messes up. My files does not get deleted but when browsing the card from the phone it sometimes contains perhaps two out of the folders, sometimes the files is there (i guess) but folder and file names seams renamed. A look at the card on my computer shows every file/folder/file name intact.
Guys,
You who had the SD-card corrupted, did you install any applications on it that you use frequently?
hertell said:
Guys,
You who had the SD-card corrupted, did you install any applications on it that you use frequently?
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As you might have read, my card only looked corrupted in the phone file explorer but yes, I installed every application on the card. Most used is S2P and Pocket player and of course all my music used by the apps mentioned.
If running S2P listening to music,the app suddenly halts. I then shuts S2P down and starts file explorer to see what happened the card looks partially deleted or all folder and file names corrupted (mounting the card on PC shows no errors at all).
In the beginning I had Outlook save incoming mail on card but as the card disconnects outlook creates a folder, Storage Card in root of phone. That creates a problem when the phone mounts the card again since it gets named Storage Card2 instead. That messes up all short cuts created by me or phone to the applications installed at the card.
I use card pre packed with phone and I see no reason to try another since others here reports no difference when replacing card.
hertell said:
Guys,
You who had the SD-card corrupted, did you install any applications on it that you use frequently?
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The moment my card got corrputed
I quit using X2 completely.
I've seen no sense in further struggling and
I also have no time for that.
Why the question?
MR2 also screws it?!
TLDR: Don't install programs or attachments on your storage card.
I am now 100% certain that power management is behind the disappearing storage card issue, and is a culprit in a number of other bugs. It looks like when you put the device into standby, it switches off power to a number of components.
It's easy to see what happens with the storage card if you use SPB Mobile Shell. There's a handy shortcut under Tools - Browse Files - Storage Card. If you put that shortcut on your home screen and come out of standby, you'll usually see the icon return to the default unassigned shortcut. After anywhere between a fraction of and many seconds, the SD card icon will reappear.
Seems like some genius engineer at Foxconn, not knowing much about WinMo or stuff in general thought he was being very clever by saving what, 10mA? in shutting it off. Think of all those extra minutes of standby time saved.
I too suffered from a corrupted FAT, but thankfully all I really lost was MP3s I already had elsewhere. Since I figured out what's going on, I've had no trouble whatsoever. It does of course mean that I've had to make yet more compromises in the functionality of the device. The key is to make sure not to install programs on the storage card, or if you must, make sure the phone doesn't go into standby while running them. Also, don't choose to store email and MMS attachments on the card, or you'll get the Storage Card2 problem.
Stupid power management also explains these other things that have been bothering me, and many of you:
Notification sounds and lights not working properly.
Sporadic checking of email.
Custom ringtones disappearing (Hint: put them on main memory).
The phone randomly freezing when trying to work with Bluetooth car kits.
Presumably Sony engineers are aware of this, because if they aren't, God help us. I'm guessing that power management is such a low level issue that it's very difficult to fix with firmware if at all. That being the case, I'm not confident this phone will ever work properly and has most likely sounded the death knell for me for both Sony Ericsson and WinMo.
@bedlam_au
You may be right about power management.
That may be the answer.
Before my card corruption when I was entering SlideView
I always saw it REFRESHING media content,
like looking for it again and again....
have you tried it?
Code:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\State\Suspend]
"shc1:"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\State\Resuming]
"shc1:"=dword:00000000
We have been testing it with my friend for a while (since 24th of april) and he hasn't got any storage card problems after applying this *.reg. He had them every time before that.
@ultrashot: I think you've done it! Changed those keys and didn't even need to soft reset. I've been checking all day and haven't seen the storage card disappear once. Presumably it's going to stay that way.
Does someone feel like making up a cab for this? It'd make many people's day.
bedlam_au,
I have a AT&T factory unlocked Samsung Focus (HW rev 1.4) and Windows Phone OS version: 7.0.7392.0.
Everything was fine until a couple of days ago (for no apparent reason, because I didn't change anything, or install any app), the voice function stopped working. When I long press the Windows Key, the phone just freezes briefly and then goes back to normal state, as if I didn't press it. Even the mic icon on Bing search doesn't work.
I love using this feature of Windows Phone and this is a real deal-breaker for me. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Other relevant information:
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I installed a 16 GB SanDisk Class 4 MicroSD card (to take advantage of the expandable memory option) and have been using it for a week or so now. So, totally I have 22.02 GB of storage. So, the SD card is apparently compatible.
I have tried soft-reset, hard-reset many times and I even removed the SD card and reset the phone to factory default and still the problem persists.
Hi there. First, let me say I'm not an expert at all on Focus revision 1.4. These are known to be iffy with cards.
What you could do, considering your comp doesn't see the phone anymore is:
1. try on several computers. this way you eliminate any local computer problem
2. remove the card and hard reset. undesirable, but at least this should put you back where you were. after this you could try to re-flash the 7004 rom, to be sure everything is as it was supposed.
Good luck!
PS: if you want to be able to receive private message, make sure you enable that
Thanks!
I've tried several computers and removing SD card (functioning 8GB is better than useless 24GB ) to no avail. I am downloading the 7004 ROM from here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14875358&postcount=1 I think this is my last resort to verify that there are no software-side issues.
I didn't enable receiving private messages?! >.< Well, that's embarrassing. I shall check for that option next time, clearly this is my first time here
New to XDA, not new to Android.
Phone: Moto X Play
Rom: Stock Marshmallow 6.1
Issue: SD Card disappears randomly (formatted as internal storage!!!)
Bootloader never unlocked, never rooted.
I have a sandisk 32gb micro sd card that works when I first start the phone. The problem is that it will randomly, completely, disappear.
Now I'm not, IMO, a complete noob. I am fairly (99%) sure it is indeed the sd card at fault. Ok, not an issue, I can always replace it with a new one.
The issue is, of course, that EVERYTHING is on my SD card, most importantly, my photos.
Even without accessing a file manager (phone idle, browsing web, playing games) the sd card will eventually fail leaving it inaccessible until the phone is restarted. When attempting to access my photos, which is what I need most, it fails MUCH quicker.
Having not used the "Google Photos" app before (just Gallery), I am not at all sure if my photos were ever backed up online, If they were, I'm not sure where to look.
Trying to access them via usb, wifi file transfer, bt tranfer, and even from file managers on the phone itself, result in an almost immediate failure of the sd card. 5 seconds or so tops.
The card is formatted as "Internal Storage" and I have not been able to find a way to get a computer or anything else to read it, and I would imagine for security reasons, there is no way.
Here's the question: Is there any way to get photos off the sd card, that wont take me three million years in 5 second intervals, while having to restart the phone every bleeping time the sd card fails to get it to recognize the sd card again?
Suggestions please!
Thanks in advance,
Canabian
Canabian420 said:
New to XDA, not new to Android.
Phone: Moto X Play
Rom: Stock Marshmallow 6.1
Issue: SD Card disappears randomly (formatted as internal storage!!!)
Bootloader never unlocked, never rooted.
I have a sandisk 32gb micro sd card that works when I first start the phone. The problem is that it will randomly, completely, disappear.
Now I'm not, IMO, a complete noob. I am fairly (99%) sure it is indeed the sd card at fault. Ok, not an issue, I can always replace it with a new one.
The issue is, of course, that EVERYTHING is on my SD card, most importantly, my photos.
Even without accessing a file manager (phone idle, browsing web, playing games) the sd card will eventually fail leaving it inaccessible until the phone is restarted. When attempting to access my photos, which is what I need most, it fails MUCH quicker.
Having not used the "Google Photos" app before (just Gallery), I am not at all sure if my photos were ever backed up online, If they were, I'm not sure where to look.
Trying to access them via usb, wifi file transfer, bt tranfer, and even from file managers on the phone itself, result in an almost immediate failure of the sd card. 5 seconds or so tops.
The card is formatted as "Internal Storage" and I have not been able to find a way to get a computer or anything else to read it, and I would imagine for security reasons, there is no way.
Here's the question: Is there any way to get photos off the sd card, that wont take me three million years in 5 second intervals, while having to restart the phone every bleeping time the sd card fails to get it to recognize the sd card again?
Suggestions please!
Thanks in advance,
Canabian
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Format the card using computer (Not quick format )
Quick format didn't worked for me.
And don't make card as internal, use it as portable
with the sd card in the phone, go to settings - apps, show system apps. then select External Storage, force stop it or clear it cache. do the same to Media Storage. reboot the phone, once everything loaded wait for 5-10 minutes especially if you have lots of files in a large sd card. once that done, connect the phone to your pc (use mtp if i'm not mistaken) and hopefully you can now access the internal (sd card) contents.
jerryn70 said:
Format the card using computer (Not quick format )
Quick format didn't worked for me.
And don't make card as internal, use it as portable
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This will HOPEFULLY resolve the issue AFTER I get my photos off the card!
What I need help with is getting roughly 10 gigs of data off a card that works intermittently for roughly 5 seconds at a time....
-Canabian
pijes said:
with the sd card in the phone, go to settings - apps, show system apps. then select External Storage, force stop it or clear it cache. do the same to Media Storage. reboot the phone, once everything loaded wait for 5-10 minutes especially if you have lots of files in a large sd card. once that done, connect the phone to your pc (use mtp if i'm not mistaken) and hopefully you can now access the internal (sd card) contents.
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I will try this and report back.
One question... If the card is formatted as internal storage, clearing data for external storage and media storage will not cause the phone to "forget" the sd card will it?
Thanks,
Canabian.
I think I have come up with a solution to my own problem. If this works satisfactorily, I will let others know as this may help many other people facing this issue.
I am on a linux pc. I am going to try to use RSYNC to copy the files over. This SHOULD copy files over, deleting them from the source folder as it goes. Once the sd card fails, which it WILL, once I reboot the phone and start rsync once again, it should "resume" where it left off.
Here is the command for anyone else that may need it:
rsync -v --progress --remove-source-files --recursive --append-verify /path/to/source/files /path/to/destination/folder
Hopefully this works the way I hope it will. Will post back with my results when I can.
Thanks again,
Canabian.
I had the same problem, and the solution (that maybe someone posted somewhere in the internet) is using a faster SD card. Since I switched to a sandisk extreme pro, the problem disappeared. Be careful, though, when using Samsung SD cards: my moto x play doesn't like them much (I had to replace them twice before buying the sandisk; in some way the partition tables of the Samsung SD cards were damaged, plus they became read-only, resulting in two unusable cards).
jauffre said:
I had the same problem, and the solution (that maybe someone posted somewhere in the internet) is using a faster SD card. Since I switched to a sandisk extreme pro, the problem disappeared. Be careful, though, when using Samsung SD cards: my moto x play doesn't like them much (I had to replace them twice before buying the sandisk; in some way the partition tables of the Samsung SD cards were damaged, plus they became read-only, resulting in two unusable cards).
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which samsung model did you use? I just replaced my normal class 10 strontium card yesterday with a brand new samsung evo plus u1 card and formatted it as internal storage. so far the phone feels a bit snappy with this card.
dude search a little in this section and i hope u find the fix.i just let u know that our device has very sensitive sd pins and many users had accidentally bented them and didn't know the problem!
i hope u are not one of them!so if you are lucky,next time u put the sd be veeeery careful!i personally didn't put it out from the time i bought it...
pijes said:
which samsung model did you use? I just replaced my normal class 10 strontium card yesterday with a brand new samsung evo plus u1 card and formatted it as internal storage. so far the phone feels a bit snappy with this card.
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It was just a Samsung Evo class 10. The strange thing is that I tried also a Sandisk of the same class, which gave me only the "external memory missing" problem, while the Samsung ones became just unusable plastic. But maybe I should try better Samsung SD cards.