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32gb card isn't recognised?!

Just got a new 32gb card and phone says it has unsupported file system. Any one know a way to get it to work by chance?
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nailmind said:
Just got a new 32gb card and phone says it has unsupported file system. Any one know a way to get it to work by chance?
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Is the card formatted in NTFS? If so try formatting using FAT32.
Hope this helps

Or even FAT without 32 if that possible. And that should fix the problem

I just buy a Kingston 32G class 4 sdcard, my DHD is no problem. Other my sdcard format is Fat32.
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tadasi said:
I just buy a Kingston 32G class 4 sdcard, my DHD is no problem.
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I have the same card and it works very well formatted to FAT32. Good Read/Write speeds considering it's a big card.

Cool I'll try this but now have to get a card reader as one I had broke... nice to know other people got the same kingston card working
Good times people
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Preparing micro sd 16 gb for the desire hd

Hello everyone,
I just bought a new micro sd 16 gb for my desire hd, I just want to know how ro prepare it so I can use the same app like nothing have been change, the same data, setting pictures
Thank you in advance
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What sd card is it?
I have a class 4 Sandisk of 16g and I only had to format the regular way. The camera records without lag so I didn't need to prepare it in any way. But if it's a slower card you can change the format settings to improve performance.

You can just copy everything from your old card to the new one and everything should be fine.
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Do I need to format the SD card that comes with the HTC desire HD? To 32kb? So that the videos wont lag? Any help on this?
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:O would like to know if you need to reformat it etc as i am about to buy one.

quarintus said:
What sd card is it?
I have a class 4 Sandisk of 16g and I only had to format the regular way. The camera records without lag so I didn't need to prepare it in any way. But if it's a slower card you can change the format settings to improve performance.
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it's class 2 sandisk 16g, what kind of setting you are talking about? plus is there any partition i should care about?

Any help will be appreciated
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to format yr new card, put it into the phone, go to settings, sd and phone storage, unmount sd card, format sd card. then copy all the stuff from your old card to the new card and u're done.

NoEnd said:
it's class 2 sandisk 16g, what kind of setting you are talking about? plus is there any partition i should care about?
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Well if it's class 2 it's wise to format it to 32kb for smooth video recording. That is what I meant. It's a setting when ofrmatting it. You should do it on you PC with an adapter.

all sd_card files are gone

turned on my tablet today and I can't find anything on my sd card. I don't know if the card slot is broken are if it was deleted some how. im not rooted and I haven't changed any of the Software does anyone have any ideas?
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temekio2000 said:
turned on my tablet today and I can't find anything on my sd card. I don't know if the card slot is broken are if it was deleted some how. im not rooted and I haven't changed any of the Software does anyone have any ideas?
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Stick it in a card reader in your pc and see what happens.

temekio2000 said:
turned on my tablet today and I can't find anything on my sd card. I don't know if the card slot is broken are if it was deleted some how. im not rooted and I haven't changed any of the Software does anyone have any ideas?
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Bad SD card or power interrupted during file transfer. Format the card (FAT, full format vs. Quick format) would be my recommendation - if it fails during a full format you should consider a new Micro SD card.

I'm formatting now it shows 0 storage in lost everything it really sucks
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same thing happened to me during file transfer.... it just stopped and BAM, everything was gone.
using some recovery software to recover it, but it sucks with long filenames, so i now have to rename whatever it finds

temekio2000 said:
I'm formatting now it shows 0 storage in lost everything it really sucks
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Should have put it in your pc. Probably could have saved your data.

Hi
I have been having this exact problem with my external SD card, I started a thread long ago about it.
The biggest danger so to speak is that the card may be a counterfeit.
There is a software to test this, its freeware so no worries people and you dont need to install it you just run it and it will tell you if the card is pretty much fake or heavily defective or even if its a low class card in a high class casing.
Read the instructions while you run the test and you will understand how it works, the test takes some time and depending on the size of the card of course just have patience. I have had very bad problems lately with memory cards that i bought so now I use this every time when i buy a new card.
God I hate fake things but worst I hate those who sell them.
Attached is the freeware.
Cheers.

I. tried to save it but windows didn't see it and the format didn't finish it fails
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temekio2000 said:
I. tried to save it but windows didn't see it and the format didn't finish it fails
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Sounds like a bad SD card

EXFat is now supported on the SGS3!!! Tip for fast sdcard inside!

So I just seen that the SGS3 supports EXFat and files over 4gb's now. So if you want a really fast SD card, consider formatting from Fat32 over to exfat, and set block size to 16mb or 32mb. I know most if not all my files are 5mb or way over that, so not much space is wasted! I hope that helps someone
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Can you format ex fat in the phone itself or has to be pc? I purchased a 64gb sdxc card and will need to do this.
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Why on earth would you want a 32 MB block size? Seems like you would end up with a ton of wasted space.

smark72 said:
Can you format ex fat in the phone itself or has to be pc? I purchased a 64gb sdxc card and will need to do this.
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Well for me I have a lot of movies, huge pictures, music over 7mb. I myself use 16mb. But for people that want full speed from exfat will select 32mb.
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Can you format ex fat in the phone itself or has to be pc? I purchased a 64gb sdxc card and will need to do this.
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I don't have the phone or Id let you know. I do have my 32gb c10 ready to go when it gets here though
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So would that mean that any files I have under 16mb will in fact take up 16mb of space? Even files that are only a few kb?

Yes. I know it sounds scary, but most small items are stored on the phone sdcard.
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WARNING: Samsung's exFAT driver implementation is buggy!
exFAT is not an open standard. It is MS proprietary. Do not expect it to fully work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27415975&postcount=18
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1698672&page=2

jnadke said:
WARNING: Samsung's exFAT driver implementation is buggy!
exFAT is not an open standard. It is MS proprietary. Do not expect it to fully work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27415975&postcount=18
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1698672&page=2
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I didn't read the whole thread. But from what I saw, only 3 people had a problem. And at first he said he copied 1900 files and had corruption, then he states its a problem over 3000. I don't know if this is user error, or what. But thanks for the warning, Ill keep an eye out....... And if that guy was checking file by file for 1900 songs, that's some serious time, I call BS.
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TeamERA said:
I didn't read the whole thread.... , I call BS.
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A bunch of other people were having the same problem too.

jnadke said:
A bunch of other people were having the same problem too.
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It may well be correct, and now I can't wait to find out, damn 32gb PB pre order
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I unloaded my 64gb sd card, put it in the phone and it formatted it to exfat, I copied all my data back to the card and did a restore from mybackup pro, after the restore and reboot I then received a damaged sd card, i'm not sure what's going on, The only 2 options on windows is NTFS and exFat

Performance gain will be nominal. You're talking a phone here, not a database server dealing with heavy iOPS. I have a 64GB Class 10 in mine and performance could not be better. I also had a ***** of a time getting the card to register after I let my PC format it, had to, absolutely had to, let the device format it.
Note: I'm a heavy performance user who goes for maximum battery without overly sacrificing performance. Professionally, I build and configure SAN's for Exchange, SQL and vSphere. I make no claims to being a phone development god (thought about refreshing my skills there but frankly, don't have the time), BUT I'm also VERY good at what I do.
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ILA970JOSH said:
I unloaded my 64gb sd card, put it in the phone and it formatted it to exfat, I copied all my data back to the card and did a restore from mybackup pro, after the restore and reboot I then received a damaged sd card, i'm not sure what's going on, The only 2 options on windows is NTFS and exFat
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Had the same problem. I had no option but to let the phone format it. Delete the partition in windows and then you can format it. If you find another way though, let me know!
Sorry misread your post, I had the same error and had to let it reformat. Did you unplug it and put it into your PC? Were any corrective scans or anything done?

I removed everything back off the card, formatted it to fat32 and copied everything back to it, put it back in the phone and it's still saying it's damaged. Sucks, it's been in my EVO3D for a week now with no problems.

is the extra juice really worth the possibility of data corruption? Im not trying to be a wise guy, just really been wondering myself.

s3xda said:
is the extra juice really worth the possibility of data corruption? Im not trying to be a wise guy, just really been wondering myself.
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Well I must say now I'm worried. But I'm still going to test, I copy huge files to and from on a regular basis, if it saves me 3% in time each time, that is still worth it to me in the long run. I have very little patience, and all that time adds up.
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seems to be working now, I had 8,000 temp files in a MyBackup Pro Directory, Deleted them and now it's working

So if I were to format my 64gb card to exfat and download movies to my phone using adownloader or atorrent, I wouldn't be able to transfer them to my ps3?
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smark72 said:
So if I were to format my 64gb card to exfat and download movies to my phone using adownloader or atorrent, I wouldn't be able to transfer them to my ps3?
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I use xbox lol, I don't know if it would work on ps3.
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TeamERA said:
I use xbox lol, I don't know if it would work on ps3.
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Does it work and show up on the Xbox?
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smark72 said:
Does it work and show up on the Xbox?
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I don't have the phone yet, Ill let you know in here though.
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[Q] Micro SD and Class (and stuffs)?

Sorry but i didnt find a topic about this on NEXUS 7 forum.
A few questions:
1 - Anyone knows if N7 can support all sizes of microSD? (2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128..so on)
2 - What the lowest CLASS do i need to play videos without problem?
3 - What the lowest CLASS do i need to play GAMES without problem? (using life02 thread
4 - What about battery consume when using the MicroSD/OTG?
5 - I will post some links and you guys tell me which one should be better or trustble
Option 1 Samsung 32GB Class10
Option 2 Sandisk 32GB Class10
Option 3 Patriot 32GB Class 10
I dont have much money so the first option will always be the best one (Unless some1 tell to forget about)
Thanks You all (Sry bad spelling and gramatic)

The Nexus 7 does NOT have a microSD slot. No expandable memory at all.
EDIT- Oops you mean for OTG? In my experience anything Class 6 or above is fine, Amazon has a class 10 16GB for a good price.

I personally would not use a class 10 for anything other than movies, music, and pictures. They are awful at small random IO.
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rmm200 said:
I personally would not use a class 10 for anything other than movies, music, and pictures. They are awful at small random IO.
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Why? Not disputing you; just trying to learn.

rmm200 said:
I personally would not use a class 10 for anything other than movies, music, and pictures. They are awful at small random IO.
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But would work with a CLASS 4?
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maztahbr said:
But would work with a CLASS 4?
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No, it will not work with ANY SD card.
There is no Micro SD slot.
There is no expandable memory.

Clarkster said:
No, it will not work with ANY SD card.
There is no Micro SD slot.
There is no expandable memory.
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I believe the OP knows that, I think they are looking for a microSD to use with a card reader.

Nospin said:
I believe the OP knows that, I think they are looking for a microSD to use with a card reader.
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Ah, way to make myself look stupid. I wanted to make sure he didn't glance over the posts, since it seemed he only focussed on the speed issue.
And it turns out, I glanced over the OP's post too quickly myself.

Can somebody confirm Nexus 7 can handle a 64GB MicroSD card? Much obliged.

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No, it will not work with ANY SD card.
There is no Micro SD slot.
There is no expandable memory.
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Realy?
I think its implicity talking about micro sd on N7 FORUM means that the otg adapter is include
For those who knows what im talking about any help will be apreciated
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maztahbr said:
Realy?
I think its implicity talking about micro sd on N7 FORUM means that the otg adapter is include
For those who knows what im talking about any help will be apreciated
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Yes, as you can see just above, I already admitted to being an idiot.

Clarkster said:
Yes, as you can see just above, I already admitted to being an idiot.
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Lol, its ok
I just want to know if a class 4 will work nice for movies and games?
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maztahbr said:
Lol, its ok
I just want to know if a class 4 will work nice for movies and games?
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For movies you shouldn't have a problem. Probably okay for games too if it is just the extra asset data. Now getting a game to install on an external SD card is a whole other story, you might need to manually copy it over and create symlinks. Could be a bit of trouble.
When the Nexus was first out I heard there were problems getting apps to see movies on an OTG storage, I think there was a root solution to that, but I am not sure. There might even be a simpler solution since then.
Note: I've not done any of this myself, just basing it on my general knowledge on how Android and Linux works.

Using a cheap OTG cable and a generic SD Card (full size; not micro) Reader, I can play movies just fine. Since full size SD are cheaper per gb than micro, I'm not sure why anyone would want to use micro cards, but whatever floats your boat. My N7 is rooted, but stock. I installed StickMount. All my cards are Class 10 or UHS 1
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