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[Q] External SD Card Corruption/Problem

Hi all...
I am a noob - please don't hate!!
I have recently bought a Samung Galaxy S I9000 and I immediately flashed MIUI onto it. Ever since I have been using MIUI, I have had serious problems with my SD card (8gb) which came with the phone. I currently have about 2 gigs of music on it and playing the music is absolutely fine however it seems that after 15 - 20 min of not playing music, the external sd card becomes either corrupt or incorrectly read. When I try and play a song, it comes up with "file type not supported". Looking in the "external_sd" directory on the internal sd card, I find 20-30 files with file names full of funny symbols and letters. The files are also extremely massive and way exceed the card's total capacity (viewing the details on the "external_sd" tells me there is a total of 20gb used - on an 8gb card???).
I can rectify the problem by simply rebooting the phone but it is highly annoying!
I would like to know what I could do to fix this problem? Ideally it would be great to have the external SD card as a seperate volume on the phone and not a directory on the internal SD card.
Any ideas?

WoodyWoodsta said:
Hi all...
I am a noob - please don't hate!!
I have recently bought a Samung Galaxy S I9000 and I immediately flashed MIUI onto it. Ever since I have been using MIUI, I have had serious problems with my SD card (8gb) which came with the phone. I currently have about 2 gigs of music on it and playing the music is absolutely fine however it seems that after 15 - 20 min of not playing music, the external sd card becomes either corrupt or incorrectly read. When I try and play a song, it comes up with "file type not supported". Looking in the "external_sd" directory on the internal sd card, I find 20-30 files with file names full of funny symbols and letters. The files are also extremely massive and way exceed the card's total capacity (viewing the details on the "external_sd" tells me there is a total of 20gb used - on an 8gb card???).
I can rectify the problem by simply rebooting the phone but it is highly annoying!
I would like to know what I could do to fix this problem? Ideally it would be great to have the external SD card as a seperate volume on the phone and not a directory on the internal SD card.
Any ideas?
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Your card sounds like it's faulty, but formatting it will temporary fix your issues.
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I also have an external SD card problem !
Up until a few weeks ago, there were no issues. I have some *.avi files stored on the external SD card and these were indexed by Android and visible in the Video player app.
For some unknown reason, the files on the external SD suddenly were not visible in the Video app (yet they are still visible, and playable, via ES explorer).
Now, when I go to Android settings, I no longer have menus for "internal SD card" and "external SD card". Instead I have "SD card" menu, and "USB storage" menu...
Can anyone help me get things back to the way they were???!

clandestino123 said:
I also have an external SD card problem !
Up until a few weeks ago, there were no issues. I have some *.avi files stored on the external SD card and these were indexed by Android and visible in the Video player app.
For some unknown reason, the files on the external SD suddenly were not visible in the Video app (yet they are still visible, and playable, via ES explorer).
Now, when I go to Android settings, I no longer have menus for "internal SD card" and "external SD card". Instead I have "SD card" menu, and "USB storage" menu...
Can anyone help me get things back to the way they were???!
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Hi,
You are being displayed the 'sd card' and 'USB storage' options because you might have updated your firmware. I am currently on JVQ firmware 2.3.4 and get the same options. 'sd card' stands for the external sd card while 'USB storage' stands for internal sd card. If you tell me the history of your updation or flashing, i might be able to help you better.

@ OP: get a new SD card, that's it

Prateek G. said:
Hi,
You are being displayed the 'sd card' and 'USB storage' options because you might have updated your firmware. I am currently on JVQ firmware 2.3.4 and get the same options. 'sd card' stands for the external sd card while 'USB storage' stands for internal sd card. If you tell me the history of your updation or flashing, i might be able to help you better.
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thanks. I updated to JVQ but then went back to JVH (darky's rom) via an Odin flash. You could be correct, the JVQ firmware could have caused this issue. But it still remains even after reverting to JVH...?

What about completely reformatting the SD card via, e.g. Windows?

Thanks for the suggestions. My dad also bought the same phone and he has exactly the same problem so it doesn't seem to be card specific. I don't like this sd card situation (I was previously on Nokia).
Perhaps it's a MIUI specific issue?

To quote Adidas: "Impossible is nothing."

Same problem here. I am on stock 2.3.3 italian firmware, rooted through cfroot 3.7 then flashed semaphore and now galaxian. Issue is definitely not kernel dependant. My external sd is a class 4 card 8 gb from sandisk. Anyone could suggest a card that's working flawlessly on our sgs?
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ZioGTS said:
Same problem here. I am on stock 2.3.3 italian firmware, rooted through cfroot 3.7 then flashed semaphore and now galaxian. Issue is definitely not kernel dependant. My external sd is a class 4 card 8 gb from sandisk. Anyone could suggest a card that's working flawlessly on our sgs?
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UPDATE: I installed another Sandisk Ultra 8gb that I used to keep in my TomTom. Apart from discovering that the latest is class 6 (weird, the had exactly the same blister pack...), this seems to work perfectly. Oh my.

ZioGTS said:
UPDATE: I installed another Sandisk Ultra 8gb that I used to keep in my TomTom. Apart from discovering that the latest is class 6 (weird, the had exactly the same blister pack...), this seems to work perfectly. Oh my.
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Just thought I'd mention this for reference sake - I also tried an old 8Gb class 6 sd card and have no issues for a week! My initial card (that came with the phone) was class 2. Happy now

Look like SGS is picky when it comes to SD cards... And i paid the same money for the two cards, they had identical packages!

SD Card Not Working

Hey,
I backed up my whole system via CWM to my SD card while I was trying a new ROM out. When I went to restore there were no back-ups found? I checked my phone memory as well as my SD card and found absolutely nothing. Thee is also another thing, when I move music to my SD card it won't play but when I move it to the internal memory it play fine?
Is my SD card faulty at all? Would a reformat sort it out?
Edit: Also when I take a picture, the picture will be unsupported format and I can't view it on my computer either?

Spunkiest said:
Hey,
I backed up my whole system via CWM to my SD card while I was trying a new ROM out. When I went to restore there were no back-ups found? I checked my phone memory as well as my SD card and found absolutely nothing. Thee is also another thing, when I move music to my SD card it won't play but when I move it to the internal memory it play fine?
Is my SD card faulty at all? Would a reformat sort it out?
Edit: Also when I take a picture, the picture will be unsupported format and I can't view it on my computer either?
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when you are in settings those it shows that the sd card is mounted? have you tried the sd card on a computer? if the info you had in the sd card doesn´t shows up then you should try formatting the card.

dhudgson said:
when you are in settings those it shows that the sd card is mounted? have you tried the sd card on a computer? if the info you had in the sd card doesn´t shows up then you should try formatting the card.
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It did show the SD card was mounted and that it was fine. Whenever I put data on it (music, photos, apks etc etc) they would just either get deleted, corrupted or not work at all.....
I have reformatted my SD card and it is working fine for now...

try using a different card, for example my note 2 did not accept 32 gigabytes SanDisk, I had to buy kingston 32gb class 10

[Q] How to move media to SD card?

I have a 32gb class 10 SD card that is pretty useless.
Can someone please tell me how to move media to the SD card? Just pics and videos not apps.
I will love you forever!

RealiZms said:
I have a 32gb class 10 SD card that is pretty useless.
Can someone please tell me how to move media to the SD card? Just pics and videos not apps.
I will love you forever!
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Use ES File Explorer. No Root necessary.

Download. Android file manager to your computer

moving media
plug phone into pc
put sd card into pc
move media files to sd card
(move music to sd they will play on phone)

[Q] Sharp Aquos Install To SD

I bought a 64gb sandisk ultra micro sdxc card which is supposed to be supported in the sharp aquos crystal but it wont let me instal apps to sd, anyone else having this problem? Have any of you been able to install apps to sd on this phone? Whenever i try to install an app it says insufficient storage even though the sd shows 59 gb available. Yes i did format the sd card when i got it.

4.4 system wont let you install any app on sd card unless you root it
which is impossible at current stage

Amen to that, I`m stuck with my sharp squid crystal end of the story. I've tried towelroot, root genius, I've even tried putting the phone into recovery by pressing and holding the power button phone off or on and volume up or down don't work the phone just vibrates and doesn't turn back on till you let go. I got the phone to test because I need a phone to have lots of storage and long battery time which this on does. I put an 128gb SD and it works well, but no luck with trying to get root or putting apps on the SD either. Sharp has it in lock down trying to
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issue
i manually put all music and apk files onto sd card through my computer and it worked saving me tons of space!
i just made a music folder put music files in it and then booted phone went to music player and the songs all played no music is in the phones storage!

Deltax82 said:
i manually put all music and apk files onto sd card through my computer and it worked saving me tons of space!
i just made a music folder put music files in it and then booted phone went to music player and the songs all played no music is in the phones storage!
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Yes you can with multimedia no apps. Right
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How Do you format the sd card? you just delete all contents right? i read the manual.
vartkez187 said:
I bought a 64gb sandisk ultra micro sdxc card which is supposed to be supported in the sharp aquos crystal but it wont let me instal apps to sd, anyone else having this problem? Have any of you been able to install apps to sd on this phone? Whenever i try to install an app it says insufficient storage even though the sd shows 59 gb available. Yes i did format the sd card when i got it.
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I deleted all content on the new sd card and phone said checking sd card
Does that mean its formated now or did i miss another last step to this?

I'll simply disregard the fact that this SAME EXACT THREAD was already created and answered.
No, you cannot install apps to the SD card WITHOUT ROOT. That is due to Google changing how SD cards function in Kit Kat.
You can move media to the SD card, but not apps.
claudette90g said:
I deleted all content on the new sd card and phone said checking sd card
Does that mean its formated now or did i miss another last step to this?
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Nope. That only means that the phone is checking for media on the card to include when you use any type of media app (i.e. file explorers, music players, etc.).
It will scan for media at every boot.
To format the SD card you go to Settings > Storage > Unmount SD card > Erase SD card.

Not able to move music/Photos to SD (formatted as internal)

Hi i got my Moto x style (32gb) yesterday. I bought a new 32gb SanDisk ultra (uhs-1) SD card and formatted as internal as soon as it is inserted for the first time. I am running marshmallow.
1. I am not able to move my music to SD card. Everytime when I move music from Pendrive (via otg) to /sdcard/Music using ES explorer, it always fills the phone internal memory rather than SD card (formatted as internal).
2. Similarly in the camera app, I don't even see an option (from options ring) to chose the destination (SD card).
Due to this, my music, videos and pics are all in internal memory though I am able to move apps from internal memory to SD card by going to settings->storage & usb option.
Can anyone pls help me? Thanks

rameshbitra said:
Hi i got my Moto x style (32gb) yesterday. I bought a new 32gb SanDisk ultra (uhs-1) SD card and formatted as internal as soon as it is inserted for the first time. I am running marshmallow.
1. I am not able to move my music to SD card. Everytime when I move music from Pendrive (via otg) to /sdcard/Music using ES explorer, it always fills the phone internal memory rather than SD card (formatted as internal).
2. Similarly in the camera app, I don't even see an option (from options ring) to chose the destination (SD card).
Due to this, my music, videos and pics are all in internal memory though I am able to move apps from internal memory to SD card by going to settings->storage & usb option.
Can anyone pls help me? Thanks
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Can anyone help please?

Alright. I tried the other option by formatting the SD card to portable instead of internal this time and now, I can move pics, videos and music from internal to portable SD card and vice versa however apps can't be moved to SD card.
Is this how moto x style behave? Either you can use your SD card (as portable sd) for storing videos, music and pictures but not for installing apps or the other way around by using only for apps (as internal) and not for videos/pics/music.
Can anyone confirm? Is there anyway SD card can be used for apps and as well as video/pics/music?
Thanks for going through this thread. Appreciate if someone can provide inputs.