SanDisk faults! - Galaxy Note II General

SanDisk have a fault in some of there 32gb and 64 gb micro sd cards.
The fault seems to affect only the S2, S3 and our Note 2.
My phone just could not see the external card, and when it could it wanted to format the card.
I emailed sandisk support, and a new one is in the post.
More info here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/03/18/galaxy_s3_sandisk_msd/
Hope it stops a few of you throwing you card in the bin, remember the card has a 5 year warranty, or lifetime warranty.
Hope it helps.

AndyBury said:
SanDisk have a fault in some of there 32gb and 64 gb micro sd cards.
The fault seems to affect only the S2, S3 and our Note 2.
My phone just could not see the external card, and when it could it wanted to format the card.
I emailed sandisk support, and a new one is in the post.
More info here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/03/18/galaxy_s3_sandisk_msd/
Hope it stops a few of you throwing you card in the bin, remember the card has a 5 year warranty, or lifetime warranty.
Hope it helps.
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Funny mine just died yesterday. 16GB class 4

hrmmmmmm thats why my SanDisk Ultra 32GB class10 keep restarting every bloody time i turn on the screen...going to save my pics now just in case something happen and Thankyou Very Much Mate For The Info :good:

Yup my 32gb ultra took a dump a week ago woke my phone up and I see ready to format card in the notifications going on by itself. Deleted everything. Then would not read it at all. Could not mount it on my laptop either. Sandisk was good about it they sent me a prepaid label amd shipped me a new one. Now I dont keep any pics on there just music. And with isyncer I upload all my pics when I sync. Bought mine from amazon by the way.

I was lucky, they just asked me to send them a picture of it broken in half. And they sent me a new one, with then fault corrected.

Had an issue with my 32GB card too. Sent it back to MyMemory guys and they have sent a new card out to me today.

AndyBury said:
I was lucky, they just asked me to send them a picture of it broken in half. And they sent me a new one, with then fault corrected.
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Hi,
They have a policy that you need to send back the fualty card then they will send you a new one.
My question is did you sent the fualty card to them?
Thanks

No, they ask me to send a picture of the card broken in half.

AndyBury said:
No, they ask me to send a picture of the card broken in half.
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Thanks.. coz in my case they were asking me to send the card back to Sandisk facility in Taiwan which cost too much for me. :d its like buying a new card already.
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flatronics said:
Hi,
They have a policy that you need to send back the fualty card then they will send you a new one.
My question is did you sent the fualty card to them?
Thanks
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Off course you have send them faulty one
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Zahid Ali said:
Off course you have send them faulty one
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I didn't..

Uh oh, i bought a SanDisk one.
*Fingers Crossed, Knock on Wood*

I just got a 64gb too...
Oh snap! I don't have a witty tapatalk signature!

I changed from my San disk ultra disk 32gb card to a Samsung class 6 32gb card. ..working without any issues. .. and I cannot see any difference in speeds
scribbled from my note 2 (N7100)

I'm using a 32GB class 10 SanDisk but not sure
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I had a 64 GB Ultra Class 10 show 1 MB......San Disk replaced it. Sent an RMA and return label. Needed the tiny numbers on the card.

Just checked mine and it's ok shows 29.7GB free. Mine is the red colour class 10 one
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I've got my 64gb card returned to sandisk and I'm waiting for a replacement. While I've been waiting I got a 32gb sandisk ultra and didn't reformat to fat 32 as so many people have suggested. I just left it as it is and it's been ok for the last 3 weeks, but I should add that my 64gb card was ok for several months before it crapped out.
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Mine crapped out last night, is it the heat thats causing the problem? Coz my phone seems to be heating quite a bit lately on HSPA+. I got the notification of scanning the card every time I woke up my phone, and late last night I got a Format the card issue. I was sleepy so I didn't bother. Today morning while I was leaving for my jog, I tried playing some music when it just died. I will be calling them soon to ask about it. My luck that I transferred my photos out just a couple of days back. But I might have lost some of my music.

turborider said:
hrmmmmmm thats why my SanDisk Ultra 32GB class10 keep restarting every bloody time i turn on the screen...going to save my pics now just in case something happen and Thankyou Very Much Mate For The Info :good:
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I'm having the same problem with my SanDisk Ultra Class 10 64GB card. It worked perfectly for 5 months.
Now, it hangs my phone, everytime it is in the phone. If I remove it, phone works perfectly. Never had or have any read / write error. Just the phone hangs.

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fault is caused by SanDisk memory cards ... for every one with sandisk sdcards!

Hi
This is some thing I have found not sure if its been posted but if not all should read if you have a sandisk card in you note or any Samsung device.
This maybe s reason to strange problems.
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/samsung-galaxy-s3-fault-is-caused-by-sandisk-memory-cards-50010684/
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hygradeb said:
Hi
This is some thing I have found not sure if its been posted but if not all should read if you have a sandisk card in you note or any Samsung device.
This maybe s reason to strange problems.
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/samsung-galaxy-s3-fault-is-caused-by-sandisk-memory-cards-50010684/
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And they all said i was wrong in not rating current 32 and 64 GB Sandicks .
jje
i did say several times that sandisk was not ok, just get a samsung 64gb class 10 and all will be working fine.
sorry bout the spend money tho . . . . .
Also too sandisk 8gb ?
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"Affects a small perecentage of 32gb and 64gb microsd cards"
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If you have a fault there will replace it with a working one.
Alk man made things have problems thats just how it goes
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I have been using Sandisk 64GB card for six months with no issues.
mikemod said:
I have been using Sandisk 64GB card for six months with no issues.
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All cards dont have this issue...only some do. Mine works fine as well... never any issues.
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" The problem affects "a very small percentage of 32GB and 64GB SanDisk Mobile Ultra microSD cards," says the memory card manufacturer. Various forums have reported the problem, including the*official SanDisk forum."Under certain circumstances the cards may lock up and the card becomes inaccessible," SanDisk continues, adding, "the issue has been identified and a manufacturing fix has already been put in place."
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Yeah, move along- nothing to see here.
I've got 3 each of the SanDisk 32 and 64GB SD-Card and have yet to have any of them fail; as others have pointed out, I guess the OP didn't see the words "small percentage of ... cards".
I don't have an issue with my 32gb micro sdhc ultra but I do have issues with 2 sandisk flash drives note being recognized in windows 7 x64 when Kies is running.
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dutchxxl said:
i did say several times that sandisk was not ok, just get a samsung 64gb class 10 and all will be working fine.
sorry bout the spend money tho . . . . .
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In the linked thread on CNet there are almost as many posts "complaining" about cards from other manufacturers - the most of these about Samsung cards!!
FWIW I have two Sandisk 64gb cards and they both work fine. I just take care that they have been formatted correctly.
Makes sense. I had 2 32gb class 10 SanDisk cards die in my Note 2. Switched to a 64gb Samsung class 10 & no issues.
Chocu1a said:
Makes sense. I had 2 32gb class 10 SanDisk cards die in my Note 2. Switched to a 64gb Samsung class 10 & no issues.
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i also had a 64gb sandisk card died in my n8000. the card became read-only forever
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Work fine
Work fine.
Sandisk ultra 64 Gb. (fat32)
N8000. JB 4.1.2 Rom N8000DXUCMA1
In additional, work fine with App2SD script.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1857391
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i only have a sandisk 32gb class 6 and works fine with my note10.1, have not experienced any problems with it, except the slow transfer being a class 6.
might upgrade to 64gb class 10 when its already full. at the moment, im just using around 8gb on it.
=)
sandisk
That is exactly what happens when people don't do the research . There is 2 different cards ( I forgot exactly how to tell them apart I think one Has little I sign on the card and one don't ) One of them is Specifically designed with digital cameras in mind and another one is Specifically designed for smartphones . And people don't look at that , they look at price . Oh and don't get me started on class . People buy class 2 card because it's cheaper and they wonder why it's not recording high-def video . DOH !!
budalica said:
There [are] 2 different cards ... One of them is specifically designed with digital cameras in mind and another one is specifically designed for smartphones
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... and too bad that doesn't matter in the least for our purposes.
Sorry, but that distinction has to do with speed and power usage; ALL Micro-SD cards have to perform according to (E)MMC specs and all Linux kernels are designed to handle all versions of the spec.
brought a 32gb sandisk 3 months ago and its been fine so far, i would buy a samsung micro sd but they are much more expensive than sandisk and never in stock when i want to buy one (they must be good cards if they are always out of stock)
Mine died in my note 10.1
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64GB Card - Removed Unexpectedly

Hi There!
I took my Sandisk 64GB Card out of my S3 and put it in my S4, and it's not happy. I took it out and formatted it ExFat in Windows and then copied the data back, pretty much does the same thing. Is there a straight forward way to determine if it's buggered?
There's been at least one other report of this happening here, and I'm seeing it too. There are some defective Sandisk cards out there, but it's infrequent enough that I can't reproduce the problem on demand. I'm just getting the card replaced to see if the problem goes away, if not the S4 will have to be replaced.
I've been having an issue with mine it tells me my sd card is damaged.
It has given me the messaged 3 times in the last 2 days mounting it again in settings or restarting phone solves it.
It's a SanDisk ultra 64gb u1 was in my note 2 before not never had an issue with it.
networkn said:
Hi There!
I took my Sandisk 64GB Card out of my S3 and put it in my S4, and it's not happy. I took it out and formatted it ExFat in Windows and then copied the data back, pretty much does the same thing. Is there a straight forward way to determine if it's buggered?
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Hi,
I've had the same proble with my 32GB card.formatted properly,started to use in my S4 and couple of days later the card stopped working
It's definately got damaged somehow.I had to throw it away,as I wasn't able to formatting again.
soo it's dead
neither the computer nor the phone not recognized anymore.
I've purchased it from amazon uk,tried to contact them but they replied and said the card is now out of warranty
Worrying close to a pattern, ISTR a similar Samsung/SanDisk incompatibility a few years back, anyone having problems with any card other than SanDisk?
Edit: I'm running a test with today's firmware update to see if it's something that's been addressed in that.
ianjd said:
Worrying close to a pattern, ISTR a similar Samsung/SanDisk incompatibility a few years back, anyone having problems with any card other than SanDisk?
Edit: I'm running a test with today's firmware update to see if it's something that's been addressed in that.
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Please report back as soon as you have some info, I used my SD card for all my music and it's a pain when it gets corrupted every time I want to listen to music
Reformat it to Fat32 and see if that works.
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I have same problem with SanDisk microSDXC 64GB Class 10 UHS-I Ultra Android formated on FAT32.
Now I am using the oldes one Sandisk 64GB, from my SG3 and i looks good. Will see, if the newes card will work in SG3
Krimsonmyst said:
Please report back as soon as you have some info, I used my SD card for all my music and it's a pain when it gets corrupted every time I want to listen to music
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Well, thus far it's been playing MP3s for five hours from the same card that yesterday caused the player to stop when the "removed..." dialogue popped up. So it doesn't seem to have occurred yet with today's revised firmware. Not knowing exactly what Samsung have done in the new firmware, it's hard to say definitively that the problem's resolved, but I'm cautiously optimistic.
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hunhool said:
Hi,
I've had the same proble with my 32GB card.formatted properly,started to use in my S4 and couple of days later the card stopped working
It's definately got damaged somehow.I had to throw it away,as I wasn't able to formatting again.
soo it's dead
neither the computer nor the phone not recognized anymore.
I've purchased it from amazon uk,tried to contact them but they replied and said the card is now out of warranty
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A less scrupulous person might say, buy the exact same card from Amazon, put the new one in your phone, and return the defective card to Amazon on the new order, asking for a refund for a dead-on-arrival card. Hypothetically.
Same isssue here: Sandisk Ultra 64gb, Samsung s4 (I9505) after a while I started receiving message about Damaged SD. Solved Switching off. After 4 days the SD is death ...
I've been playing music and video off the card continuously for seven hours without the problem recurring, so the new firmware may have resolved this. Edit: Nuts, another unmount, problem not solved.
Strange as I've been using a SanDisk ultra 64gb card since Tuesday for photos and music and not had a single issue with it.
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I had the same issue with the s3. We had 3 s3's in our household and 2 of them killed 3 32gb SanDisk cards between them. The one s3 that didn't kill cards was fine with a 32gb card for a year so to test a theory, I took out the card and tried it in one of the "card killer" ones... It was dead within 2 days. Strangely though, they worked fine with 16gb cards. I reached the conclusion that it was to do with the higher speed (class) of the 32gb cards.
All in all it seemed to be a phone fault and not a card fault. I always test my cards with h2testw, never buy cheap and all have appeared to be genuine. This is an alarmingly common issue too (just Google it!) but Samsung won't admit any fault. It's not exclusive to SanDisk cards either. I was hoping to find that this issue had been addressed and fixed in the s4 (whether samsung admit fault or not).
Seeing these same issues surfacing on the s4 within days of launch, I decided to leave samsung after having an s, s2 and 3 s3's over the last few years. I can't afford to keep replacing sd cards and keeping my fingers crossed. I wish you all good luck in convincing samsung that they have a serious fault on their devices... We got nowhere with the s3.
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Guys, use samsung cards , they are top notch
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i also have the same issue with my 64gb sandisk, almost impossible to listen more than 10mins of songs. problem obviously lies with the card as my other 16gb sandisk works without a hitch...
MiG123 said:
i also have the same issue with my 64gb sandisk, almost impossible to listen more than 10mins of songs. problem obviously lies with the card as my other 16gb sandisk works without a hitch...
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How is it formattet ExFat or Fat32?
If ExFat ... did you format it in the phone or outside?
Thanks
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jongilluley said:
Strange as I've been using a SanDisk ultra 64gb card since Tuesday for photos and music and not had a single issue with it.
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How is it formattet ExFat or Fat32?
If ExFat ... did you format it in the phone or outside?
Thanks
Mittaa said:
How is it formattet ExFat or Fat32?
If ExFat ... did you format it in the phone or outside?
Thanks
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How is it formattet ExFat or Fat32?
If ExFat ... did you format it in the phone or outside?
Thanks
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Took it straight out of box into the phone and formatted on the phone...
Loaded up about 7gb worth of music and just under 1000 pics and still working a treat for me.
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jongilluley said:
Took it straight out of box into the phone and formatted on the phone...
Loaded up about 7gb worth of music and just under 1000 pics and still working a treat for me.
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So that's what I will do then.
Take my "old" 64 GB SanDisk and format in S4 before usage
SanDisk says it produced some bad 32GB and 64GB microSD cards
! Read this !
http://www.phonearena.com/news/SanDisk-says-it-produced-some-bad-32GB-and-64GB-microSD-cards_id40986
jokeeman said:
I have same problem with SanDisk microSDXC 64GB Class 10 UHS-I Ultra Android formated on FAT32.
Now I am using the oldes one Sandisk 64GB, from my SG3 and i looks good. Will see, if the newes card will work in SG3
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How is the speed of this card type (UHS-1)? I don't know if S4 has the HW to use at full speed these type of cards.
Thank you.

[Q] Can someone suggest good memory card for samsung galaxy S4

Hi All,
Could you please help me to choose which memory card is good for samsung galaxy S4?
I am thinking to buy Transcend or Samsung 32GB Class 10 memory card. Please suggest.
Well I Googled it and determined the 64gb Samsung is very good.
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rugmankc said:
Well I Googled it and determined the 64gb Samsung is very good.
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what abt 32gb?
jashir101 said:
what abt 32gb?
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I have used sandisk 32gb class 10 works well (Used on Note 2)
123hiten said:
I have used sandisk 32gb class 10 works well (Used on Note 2)
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I have a Sandisk 32GB Ultra Class 10 and it doesn't doesn't work well with it, message keep popping up saying the removable card is mounted then unmounted, then it's dead, I returned and got a replacement, my suggestion is to get Samsung branded, even though it's more expensive, but more reliable.
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what abt 32gb?
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why go 32, get most you can. not much difference in money compared to phone price
sandisk has had issues for some
we just put 2 64gb ones in our phones. worked right off, no formatting. perfect
from amazon
my point was there are hundreds of reviews out there on the cards and ones by s4 users, check them out if you haven't
I have the 64 gig sandisc in my s3 its my second one because the first one was fried... Same thing happened to my brothers 32 gig Samsung...
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I have a Samsung microsdhc plus 16gb. No problems so far.
I've been using a SanDisk 32Gb ultra class 10 for about 6 months, originally with my galaxy s3. In March, my S3 kept trying to repair the card, wouldn't read the information. Even when it finished repairing it will unmount. After restarting the phone, same thing.. Repair and unmount. Brought it to my laptop and it could barely read the information on the drive.
All My info was there but it took forever to load anything. I format the card on my Pc and it's been working ever since. Everything is backed up, so it wasn't that big of deal. Though I did lose some pictures from that day due to my sync schedule.
Using the same card now in my s4. No problems yet.
Edit* I have antivirus on my phone and computer.. Scan showed up clean on both. So I have to assume either just a bad/corrupt file or the sdcard itself had an issue. But I did find others having issues regarding the same card I have, but I read mostly 'fried' or dead cards. Mine didn't die.
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[Q] (Q) Best micro sd card for note 3?

I just purchased the Samsung 64gb class 10 sdxc pro micro sd card but I'm having transfer issues. Files are disappearingnd becoming corupted. I tried formatting but I'm getting the same thing. Movies won't play, but everything works fine on my Samsung 32gb class 4 UH-1. Just can't get it to work on my 64gb.
Armyrj127 said:
I just purchased the Samsung 64gb class 10 sdxc pro micro sd card but I'm having transfer issues. Files are disappearingnd becoming corupted. I tried formatting but I'm getting the same thing. Movies won't play, but everything works fine on my Samsung 32gb class 4 UH-1. Just can't get it to work on my 64gb.
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Questions like these will just invoke peoples opinions and everybody has one. Nobody will be able to tell you what is "best". They all work good and the same. Samsung make cards just fine. So does PNY, Lexar, Kingston,Transcend,etc. Me personally, I stay with the major brands. You should be fine if you do so.Sounds like you just might have a bad card.Take it back and exchange it for something else.
christianpeso said:
Questions like these will just invoke peoples opinions and everybody has one. Nobody will be able to tell you what is "best". They all work good and the same. Samsung make cards just fine. So does PNY, Lexar, Kingston,Transcend,etc. Me personally, I stay with the major brands. You should be fine if you do so.Sounds like you just might have a bad card.Take it back and exchange it for something else.
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Same kind?
Armyrj127 said:
Same kind?
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I was thinking about the sandisk extreme but is it really worth that much money?
Armyrj127 said:
I was thinking about the sandisk extreme but is it really worth that much money?
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I am a fan of Sandisk cards. Used a 64GB micro in this phone and then moved onto a PNY card which is what currently is in my Note now. There is another thread somewhere in here, maybe Accessories, that has a great deal on MicroSD cards from Best Buy and Amazon. I would start to look this week at getting a card cause you probably can get one for a steal being that this is Black Thursday/Friday.
http://m.bestbuy.com/m/e/product/detail.jsp?skuId=1299201&pid=1219047587494
Basically, I'm trying to decide between a Samsung 64gb Pro sdxc class 10 or a Sandisk Extreme sdxc class 10, which is like $25 more. Am I wasting my money going the more expensive route? Will my phone even show the difference?
I was having problems with my 16 and 32G samsung cards in my note 2, when i got my note 3 i went with a 64G sandisk (had an amazon gift card to use up) and have nothing but good things to say. I tried my 32G samsung in the note 3 as well and it was hit or miss kinda like your describing
It's hit or miss. My 32 gb sandisk class 10 just stopped working last night, lost everything on the card. Im probably going with a samsung card next. There are many reports of samsung devices ruining memory cards, especially sandisk brand.
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I went ahead and bought the SanDisk extreme. Just had it for a couple hours and my phone seems to be running hot. I'll keep you guys updated.
I have a Sandisk 64gb card. It did crap out on me but they replaced it and so far so good. I've never had a problem with Micro Center cards but as of right now the biggest they have is 32gb. That's my backup in case my 64gb Sandisk craps out again.
christianpeso said:
I am a fan of Sandisk cards. Used a 64GB micro in this phone and then moved onto a PNY card which is what currently is in my Note now. There is another thread somewhere in here, maybe Accessories, that has a great deal on MicroSD cards from Best Buy and Amazon. I would start to look this week at getting a card cause you probably can get one for a steal being that this is Black Thursday/Friday.
http://m.bestbuy.com/m/e/product/detail.jsp?skuId=1299201&pid=1219047587494
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Can you do a speed test on the pny card please. There's an app on the play store called a1 sd test I think that is pretty good. I saw that card on sale for $27 so I think I'm getting it
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Been running my Sandisk Extreme 64gb for a couple of days and it has not beengiving me any giving me any problems. Everything is running smooth. It doesn't seem lightning fast but it's pretty fast. Nothing impressive on my benchmark but I got it for free. If I had to pay money, I think I would go Samsung pro.
I got 22read, and 13.9 write on my PNY that I bought for $27.
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Here it is
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128gb micro SD note 3 n9005 support?

Hi guys, does the note 3 support 128gb micro SD cards? I've got the chance to get 1 but don't wanna waste money if it won't support it, cheers
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KevandLynds said:
Hi guys, does the note 3 support 128gb micro SD cards? I've got the chance to get 1 but don't wanna waste money if it won't support it, cheers
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It does - look into the Accessories subforum and see that there is a very, very long thread about the 128GB Sandisk microSD, and towards March 2014 you will see a number of people that finally got their 128GB microSD and posted results and impressions.
Superb cheers
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KevandLynds said:
Hi guys, does the note 3 support 128gb micro SD cards? I've got the chance to get 1 but don't wanna waste money if it won't support it, cheers
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I'm not sure if this applies to 128GB Sandisk cards, but I've read reports on Sandisk's forum, numerous Googled sites and have been told at several computer stalls in Hong Kong (where I live) of 64GB cards failing on 'some Samsung devices', most notably S4 and Note 3. I have a Note 3 and, until recently, a 64GB Sandisk Ultra UHS I [1]. After the KitKat update it stopped writing, deleting, it wouldn't even format. My storage was 'frozen'. I've since contacted Sandisk and while waiting for the replacement I've purchased a Samsung 64GB as I don't trust Sandisk right now :highfive:
redwraith said:
I'm not sure if this applies to 128GB Sandisk cards, but I've read reports on Sandisk's forum, numerous Googled sites and have been told at several computer stalls in Hong Kong (where I live) of 64GB cards failing on 'some Samsung devices', most notably S4 and Note 3. I have a Note 3 and, until recently, a 64GB Sandisk Ultra UHS I [1]. After the KitKat update it stopped writing, deleting, it wouldn't even format. My storage was 'frozen'. I've since contacted Sandisk and while waiting for the replacement I've purchased a Samsung 64GB as I don't trust Sandisk right now :highfive:
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Are you effing kidding me?
Wow.
Just wow.
Complete n00b. Stop spreading misinformation.
mobilesyrup.com/2014/03/17/what-you-need-to-know-about-samsungs-android-4-4-update-for-the-galaxy-s4-and-galaxy-note-3/
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Are you effing kidding me?
Wow.
Just wow.
Complete n00b. Stop spreading misinformation.
mobilesyrup.com/2014/03/17/what-you-need-to-know-about-samsungs-android-4-4-update-for-the-galaxy-s4-and-galaxy-note-3/
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Well done, you did your homework. But talk about a knee-jerk reaction
Ok, let me clarify something here.
My phone is rooted. That's why I'm here at XDA. I've also fixed the RW permissions for external storage in platform.xml, which would've allowed me to continue using my card pre-KitKat. Note also that I'd tried other SD cards and they worked fine.
On my Sandisk I could not write, delete or format my SD card. What you mentioned only pertains to applications writing to the external storage.
I'd tried through my phone and PC, to no avail. Had I failed to provide enough analysis, don't you think Sandisk would've questioned me on this before agreeing to send me a replacement? Think, man!
They also queried what Samsung I was using, what kernel and build.
What would that have to do with anything? It's a hardware fault, but they were keen to know anyway.
See attached a screenshot of my nuked card, for your information. Consider what your next post on XDA will be, unless you wish to alienate yourself from more people who are only trying to help.
EDIT: In case you're wondering, no the card didn't split into two by some nano-nuclear explosion, I cut the card purposely at Sandisk's request in order to receive the new one.
redwraith said:
I'm not sure if this applies to 128GB Sandisk cards, but I've read reports on Sandisk's forum, numerous Googled sites and have been told at several computer stalls in Hong Kong (where I live) of 64GB cards failing on 'some Samsung devices', most notably S4 and Note 3. I have a Note 3 and, until recently, a 64GB Sandisk Ultra UHS I [1]. After the KitKat update it stopped writing, deleting, it wouldn't even format. My storage was 'frozen'. I've since contacted Sandisk and while waiting for the replacement I've purchased a Samsung 64GB as I don't trust Sandisk right now :highfive:
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That is not an issue with your card. That is a "feature" of KitKat. They disabled the ability to write to it.
Requires root to fix for now.
LordRahl72 said:
That is not an issue with your card. That is a "feature" of KitKat. They disabled the ability to write to it.
Requires root to fix for now.
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Apps that are updated can still write and read from their own folder on a sdcard
LordRahl72 said:
That is not an issue with your card. That is a "feature" of KitKat. They disabled the ability to write to it.
Requires root to fix for now.
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Did you read what I just wrote? The. card. failed.
Take a look for yourself here:
redwraith said:
Did you read what I just wrote? The. card. failed.
Take a look for yourself:
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Yes I read the second part after I submitted my first post.
Apologies.
New 128gb sandusk ultra card is working well! Getting good speeds
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celderic said:
New 128gb sandusk ultra card is working well! Getting good speeds
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk
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An update to the thread. My 16GB Sandisk SD card failed just few days ago. It was working perfectly on Note 2 for 12 months , until I moved it Note 3 6 months ago. Soon after an update to 4.4.2, the card simply stopped working. No formatting ( on phone or PC) has made any difference.
I've stopped using SD card now.
BTW, Is Android slowly becoming the half-eaten fruit? Restrictions, locked-down ROMS, no SD card?? I might just bite the bullet to become an I-Muppet!.
adewfaw said:
An update to the thread. My 16GB Sandisk SD card failed just few days ago. It was working perfectly on Note 2 for 12 months , until I moved it Note 3 6 months ago. Soon after an update to 4.4.2, the card simply stopped working. No formatting ( on phone or PC) has made any difference.
I've stopped using SD card now.
BTW, Is Android slowly becoming the half-eaten fruit? Restrictions, locked-down ROMS, no SD card?? I might just bite the bullet to become an I-Muppet!.
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This does in some part support the information I received about SanDisk cards failing on some particular Samsung devices. I have since given my 64gb SanDisk replacement to my sister for her S3, so far no issues. I now use Samsung 64gb.
If you want to talk about half-eaten fruit, look no further than Apple!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/10989278/Apple-could-be-obsolete-in-two-years.html
Cereally?
nexxusty said:
Are you effing kidding me?
Wow.
Just wow.
Complete n00b. Stop spreading misinformation.
mobilesyrup.com/2014/03/17/what-you-need-to-know-about-samsungs-android-4-4-update-for-the-galaxy-s4-and-galaxy-note-3/
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Really goes to show how much you know about everything....I've already had 3 of the damn things fail exactly as he described from ScamDicks! Purchased a Samsung 64GB MicroSD, absolutely no fails or issues when switching between devices! Stop hating on people because you don't know what you're talking about.
galaxy note 3 does not see the data from the microSD card sandisk 128gb.writing and reading on the computer is ok.card is not damaged.After uploading more than 20 gb, note3 seen only a few gb.But the videos and pictures do not have opened up.My note3 is 4.4 android.What problem?
kk77 said:
galaxy note 3 does not see the data from the microSD card sandisk 128gb.writing and reading on the computer is ok.card is not damaged.After uploading more than 20 gb, note3 seen only a few gb.But the videos and pictures do not have opened up.My note3 is 4.4 android.What problem?
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Sounds like a fake card.
this is exactly this card
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sandisk-U...AsAccessories_MemoryCards&hash=item3a98866ed6
kk77 said:
this is exactly this card
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sandisk-U...AsAccessories_MemoryCards&hash=item3a98866ed6
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Yep that card looks fake as hell.. get your money back ASAP.
ddogishere said:
Yep that card looks fake as hell.. get your money back ASAP.
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I tomorrow send back this card.I talked whit seller.
Mayby somebody recommend for me microsd 128gb from English ebay.I living England.
I've tried my friend's sandisk 128g tfcard.note3 do support.

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