Hi guys,
I hope you guys can help me with this issue i'm having as i cant find any answer from searching here nor google.
Basically i bought a Samsung micro SD card that is 64gig (from Dustin.se which is a big company so i'm sure its no fake or anything) and the first thing i did was to format it to exFat using my win8 pc. But no matter what i do the pc see the card as 26gig!!!
I even downloaded a format program from
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/
Now when i put the card into my S4 it sees it as 26gig which i formated but if i do a re-format it shows as 59gig (or 64gig in reality).
So i know the card is 64Gig but the question is why cant i format it using my pc?
And to make it even more strange when i take the card from my S4 back to my PC it wont recognize it, it wants to format it again. This happens after i format the SD using my S4.
Any idea why?
Basically all i want is to be able to use exFat (for big files) and be able to use the SD card both on phone and PC. Can someone please help me and tell me what i'm doing wrong?
Sounds like a fake or defective card to me. If windows will not see the entire capacity the chip has problems.
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ashton4life said:
Sounds like a fake or defective card to me. If windows will not see the entire capacity the chip has problems.
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I actually got 2 of them and as i said this is the real thing. I reported the first one as bad chip since 2 times i got "corrupted SD" card from my S4.
But now when i test both of them on PC they behave the same. And i actually think the problem with my first SD is the phone that corrupt some files (just a feeling) since it works fine when i restart the phone.
Any other ideas? (i tested on my Macbook and another PC win7 with same result )
Do you have an 64gig card? if so did you format it using pc? and have your tried to format using S4 and put the SD into PC? did it work reading from it? What was the format S4 formated (Fat32 or exfat)?
ps. i run stock ROM so no root or anything.
vampyren said:
I actually got 2 of them and as i said this is the real thing. I reported the first one as bad chip since 2 times i got "corrupted SD" card from my S4.
But now when i test both of them on PC they behave the same. And i actually think the problem with my first SD is the phone that corrupt some files (just a feeling) since it works fine when i restart the phone.
Any other ideas? (i tested on my Macbook and another PC win7 with same result )
Do you have an 64gig card? if so did you format it using pc? and have your tried to format using S4 and put the SD into PC? did it work reading from it? What was the format S4 formated (Fat32 or exfat)?
ps. i run stock ROM so no root or anything.
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When you have the chip in the PC right click My Computer/Manage/Storage/Disk Management then find your chip on the bottom, right click on it, then delete the partition, form a new one then format. Check and see if the proper storage amount is there after. I cant see the phone damaging the chip but who knows anything can happen.
Are you running xp? (Edit Sorry now I see you aren' t. Card reader? ) Older versions of Windows only have ability to read sdhc as opposed to sdxc so have problems with cards over 32gb (max for sdhc standard)
If so borrow a newer pc. The card probably was exfat from factory though. I've a 64gb card from Samsung as well (fat32) and had the corrupt message a couple of times. Fixed with remount.
Samsung 64gb user here. No probs at all. Formatted it once on my phone when i got it.
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When you have the chip in the PC right click My Computer/Manage/Storage/Disk Management then find your chip on the bottom, right click on it, then delete the partition, form a new one then format. Check and see if the proper storage amount is there after. I cant see the phone damaging the chip but who knows anything can happen.
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Cant delete the partition, its greyed, all i can do is format
Shug69 said:
Are you running xp? (Edit Sorry now I see you aren' t. Card reader? ) Older versions of Windows only have ability to read sdhc as opposed to sdxc so have problems with cards over 32gb (max for sdhc standard)
If so borrow a newer pc. The card probably was exfat from factory though. I've a 64gb card from Samsung as well (fat32) and had the corrupt message a couple of times. Fixed with remount.
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As you saw i tested on windows 8 and 7 so dont understand why it dont work
And as you say a remount fixes the corrupt problem so i dont think both my cards are fine but cant understand why i cant format them on my pc....
I want to be able to pop it out from the phone and copy/paste but as it is now when i format it on phone it gets unreadable on the pc which is also really strange. .
Ok i figure it out, i was to tired to think last night
The conclusion is that my microSD converter was obviously not compatible with the SDXC i assume, i had 2 usb stick that take the micro SD but when using these on my windows8 they were both detecting wrong. I had also a coverter that is in the form on regular SD card so when i use this one and put the micro SD in my laptop with buildin SD reader i see the 64gig right away and can also read the memory when i take it from the phone. So all works now.
I need to find a USB stick converter to be able to use it on my big PC
Thanks for the help guys.
vampyren said:
Ok i figure it out, i was to tired to think last night
The conclusion is that my microSD converter was obviously not compatible with the SDXC i assume, i had 2 usb stick that take the micro SD but when using these on my windows8 they were both detecting wrong. I had also a coverter that is in the form on regular SD card so when i use this one and put the micro SD in my laptop with buildin SD reader i see the 64gig right away and can also read the memory when i take it from the phone. So all works now.
I need to find a USB stick converter to be able to use it on my big PC
Thanks for the help guys.
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Searched but found no topics regarding this issue (in HD2 section and CWR).
Ive just done a backup of my ROM/SD-EXT and after rebooting its now saying my sd card is damaged and needs formatting.
Has anybody else had this issue or can shed any light on it?
No sorry m8, all worked fine on my side.
(PS! I see you know where to ask questions LOL )
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(PS! I see you know where to ask questions LOL )
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Indeed, obviously I have more then one brain cell
do your windows pc "see" the card, the partitions and the content? In the SD build days i also got corrupted SD card, but after i put it in the cardreader, windows repaired it every time automatically. just let the checkdisk run over and it should work.
greg17477 said:
do your windows pc "see" the card, the partitions and the content? In the SD build days i also got corrupted SD card, but after i put it in the cardreader, windows repaired it every time automatically. just let the checkdisk run over and it should work.
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It did but would read contents properly then just kept failing on everything.
tbh its quite weird, not only did the sd card report as damaged after clockwork mod but after I repaired by formatting I installed new magldr and THAT ended up ****ing cards up aswell because of the new major usbmasstorage bug.
Aswell as the SD cards it seems to have also broken 2 card readers of mine because since using the damaged cards in my readers one of them just simply wont read any cards any more and the other just keeps asking me to format every card I try, even on other machines.
i wos have same problem i was formated in win os 7 no prolems put again and work whti no problems
Thats really weird..
One last idea would be to format your sd from winmo. This way i managed to reactivate a "dead" sd card too.
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As said, Android can't see my SD. I have CleanDroid installed on NAND.
When I insert the SD in the phone, appears an icon on the top that says "Now it's possible to remove the SD safely". If i remove the SD it says that it's removed, and when i reinsert it, again "Now it's possible to remove the SD safely". Obviously i can't install apps in the sd through "APP2SD", can't use Waze cuz it says that doesn't find the SD card in the phone, the same appears with the camera that tells that if i want use camera i need to insert an SD. BUT THE SD IS STILL THERE!!! what do I wrong with it?
I tried to change my 8GB SD with a friend's 2GB SD... but still the same. I tried to go in Settings, Memory, "Install SD" too, but it only tells again that i can remove the sd safely...WHAT THE HELL I WROOOOOOONG?!?!?!?! xD
EDIT: I forgot, i tried to change the ROM too, tried about 5-6 different ROMs but it still doesn't work...
Did you try formatting with Panasonic formatter?
You're just inserting the SD card right? You're not pressing amount SD card in settings right?
Its look your cards r not compatible with HD2 card reader. I had same issue with about 3 or 4 cards.
The best way is to use genuine SanDisk cards !
rikardo1979 said:
Its look your cards r not compatible with HD2 card reader. I had same issue with about 3 or 4 cards.
The best way is to use genuine SanDisk cards !
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Kailkti said:
Did you try formatting with Panasonic formatter?
You're just inserting the SD card right? You're not pressing amount SD card in settings right?
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but...it's impossible! simply cuz with wm6.5 and wp7 it works perfectly! And on the PC too! In fact yesterday i came back to wm6.5 and the SD works well...
Just format it. ._.
i've tried to format it in ntfs, fat32 & extFat...don't work.... :'(
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i've tried to format it in ntfs, fat32 & extFat...don't work.... :'(
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hi guys, there is an update: today i woke up and tried again to insert an sd card. If it's formatted in NTFS or in exFat it says "The SD is damaged. Do u want to try to format?". So i answer yes, it formats the card and then says again the same thing "The SD is damaged. Do u....". From there whatever SD i will insert wont work cuz it will say the same thing. If i try to insert a 2GB Sandisk SD it wont work, the same for my 8GB Kingston and everything else. If i flash again the ROM (the same or another) it tells only that I can safely remove the SD card...BUT I DON'T WANT TO REMOVE IT! I WANT TO USE IT!!! xD so i think my problem is something like a "loop". The telephone remembers his last one choiche and whatever I will do it will give me the same response for every SD. If I format it will be the same...
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT I'M THE ONLY ONE PERSON WITH THIS FU*** PROBLEM???
I sometimes have this problem - it sometimes does what you describe or says that the card is Damaged.
The only way i've found to fix this issue is to format the Card on a Linux machine - i have a laptop that i can dual boot with Ubuntu - i remove the partitions on the card and format it fresh to NTFS using the Disk Tools in Ubuntu and it works a charm every time....
Hope this helps - it is a bit of an annoying issue!
Cheers
Paul
paulrgod said:
I sometimes have this problem - it sometimes does what you describe or says that the card is Damaged.
The only way i've found to fix this issue is to format the Card on a Linux machine - i have a laptop that i can dual boot with Ubuntu - i remove the partitions on the card and format it fresh to NTFS using the Disk Tools in Ubuntu and it works a charm every time....
Hope this helps - it is a bit of an annoying issue!
Cheers
Paul
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THANKS PAUL!!!!! I have BackTrack on my laptop cuz i need it at the university, but it's based on Ubuntu so i'll try to format my sd from there and try to format the sd from there! I'll let u know if I solved the problem! MANY THANKS!!!!!
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THANKS PAUL!!!!! I have BackTrack on my laptop cuz i need it at the university, but it's based on Ubuntu so i'll try to format my sd from there and try to format the sd from there! I'll let u know if I solved the problem! MANY THANKS!!!!!
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Good Luck mate - i know how annoying this issue is!
We have a T-Mobile HTC HD2, it came with a 16GB MicroSD card.
Lately, the phone is having trouble reading this SD card, and ONLY this SD card.
Any other MicroSD card I plug into it, from other phones or other devices, it reads them fine, and if I plug it's card into other phones or devices, they read the card perfectly fine as well! I tried it in other phones, in usb microsd readers, and even using a sd adapter in my laptop's built in sd reader, digital cameras, Wii, and PS3. The PS3 was the only other device that could not read the card,
But when I plug the card it came with into it, now it mounts it and works fine for about 30 seconds, then unmounts it and acts as if there is no card inserted.
We have had this phone for a year now with no problems of it reading it's own card before, any idea why this suddenly started happening? The owner said he recently dropped it, but that doesn't explain such strange behavior as refusing to read it's own card while reading every other card just fine, and the card reads on any device I plug it into so it doesn't appear to be damaged either.
Have you thougbt about tryinv to reformat your SD card, maybe it has become currupt? You can use the default windoes format software or the Panosonic software, most prefer the Panosonic software. Just do a google search for it to find it. To use the defualt Windows format software just go to Start>My Computer> and find your SD card listed as a removable drive and rigbt click on it then select format. Make sure to make a back up of your data that is on it if you can before you format it, and do a full wipe not a fast format and use Fat 32.
I tried SD Card Formatter 3.0 but it didn't help, it also refused to do a full format, claiming my card didn't support it.
Cyber Akuma said:
I tried SD Card Formatter 3.0 but it didn't help, it also refused to do a full format, claiming my card didn't support it.
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Hmmmmm that program should have worked, curiouse?
Here is a link to the download for the Panosonic SD card formating software. Give it a try and if it does not work hour SD card may have just played out on you. What for others here to post with more advice tough befor you just toss your card and get a new one as someone eles may know something I Don't. Also go to this post, I know you have not flashed WP7 to your HD2 but this may still help as it will wipe any acidental portition that was made somehow on your SD card. Plus itcjist helps hou cover all your bases.
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Hmmmmm that program should have worked, curiouse?
Here is a link to the download for the Panosonic SD card formating software.
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Thats what I used.
Also, I know about partitioning a drive, the sdcard does not have multiple partitions on it.
Cyber Akuma said:
Thats what I used.
Also, I know about partitioning a drive, the sdcard does not have multiple partitions on it.
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Sorry about that I just googled " SD Card Formatter 3.0" and it carried me to another site.
As I said in my last post I just linked the post to make sure you were covering your bases.
If you tried the Panisomic software with no joy then it is very possible your SD card is ready for a funeral.
Bit don't just take my word for it let some more members post with their ideas. Sorry I could not be of any more help.
so I was looking at that new root post. and it request us to format the sd card to exFat.
so I was looking around in my house. and finally I found a sandisk 2GB micro sd. and I insert it to the phone, and format it. I thought it will ask me to format as exFat or something else. but it didn't. It just format by itself.
and I was thinking is there another way to format a sd card to exfat. or it is not possible for a 2G micro sd?
ksj0823 said:
so I was looking at that new root post. and it request us to format the sd card to exFat.
so I was looking around in my house. and finally I found a sandisk 2GB micro sd. and I insert it to the phone, and format it. I thought it will ask me to format as exFat or something else. but it didn't. It just format by itself.
and I was thinking is there another way to format a sd card to exfat. or it is not possible for a 2G micro sd?
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Google "format exfat xda" But a 2 gig is pretty small to do anything with. Bet you want to root mf3?
jd1639 said:
Google "format exfat xda" But a 2 gig is pretty small to do anything with. Bet you want to root mf3?
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XD you right!!!
well, I still can't find anyway to do it.
ksj0823 said:
XD you right!!!
well, I still can't find anyway to do it.
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Formatting it through the phone wont work, at least i have yet to see it done. At least on newer Android devices that wont allow you to mount the card. Essentially, formatting it while its being accessed via MTP really only erases the card, it doesnt change the file system...i believe.
cloudraker said:
Formatting it through the phone wont work, at least i have yet to see it done. At least on newer Android devices that wont allow you to mount the card. Essentially, formatting it while its being accessed via MTP really only erases the card, it doesnt change the file system...i believe.
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I put it into my phone. and connect it to my laptop. and I formatted it on the laptop. it doesn't work. so maybe I need to format it from the sd card reader or find a adapter?
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I put it into my phone. and connect it to my laptop. and I formatted it on the laptop. it doesn't work. so maybe I need to format it from the sd card reader or find a adapter?
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yes, you need to put it in an adapter or find an older Android device that allows you to mount the SD card as storage. Those are the only methods i know that will work.
Did you set the usb debugging before you connected the phone to the computer?
easiest way just get the 64gb samsung class 10 card on Amazon--already exFat--not that expensive and works perfectly on everything I have flashed so far--
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rugmankc said:
easiest way just get the 64gb samsung class 10 card on Amazon--already exFat--not that expensive and works perfectly on everything I have flashed so far--
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That is not allways the case. I purchase one 2 months ago and did not had exFat. But it works perfectly.
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If you get the one here from Amazon that I am referring to it will be exFat.
Samsung Electronics 64GB Pro microSDXC Extreme Speed (UHS-1) Class 10 Memory Card (MB-MGCGB/AM)
Mine has been flawless and super fast--
Hello,
My GS4 (1337) isn't detecting my microSD card. My computer reads it and I've reformatted using SDFormatter, as recommended by many users in this forum (FAT32).
It's not detected in CWM 6.0.4.8 and PhilZ Touch 6.43.8, either... I've tried multiple ROMs and nothing seems to work. I've tried two different SD cards, as well. Each ROM just says to "insert SD card"
Are there any settings in ServiceMenu options that might be affecting it?
I've gotten 2 replacement SD Card/SIM card readers off of eBay and neither of those replacements have done the trick. Thinking there's something software related.
Thanks in advance for help.
diznanl
Formatting times in exFAT may go the
bunnys7679 said:
Formatting times in exFAT may go the
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Unfortunately, that didn't work either. I wish I had another android device, to pop it in there, format it, and see if that works... it did for this user:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44192667&postcount=12
Does anyone have any other ideas?
Thanks,
diznanl
diznanl said:
Unfortunately, that didn't work either. I wish I had another android device, to pop it in there, format it, and see if that works... it did for this user:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44192667&postcount=12
Does anyone have any other ideas?
Thanks,
diznanl
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Hi,
When I had an issue with a sdcard I plugged it into a camera and formatted from there. Maybe you have a friend who can lend a cellphone to you for this? Sorry, for now I'm out of ideas, only these two. If I come up with other idea I may post here again.
~Lord
if you insert it while the phone is ON, does it not even recognize that a card has been inserted? I thought that normally it will at least tell you that the inserted card is not readable and ask you if you want to format it?
is the card fully working on your pc? like, can you fill it with files to it's complete capacity without corruption and they are all read by the pc? if not then maybe a duff card? this is often the case if you buy cheap card online.
have you got a smaller capacity sd card that you can try in the phone just to rule out hardware issues on the phone itself?
Please cleans your micro sd hole with a spirit(which use in clean u r desplay)...nd format yor sd card in default extension. ..I think it worked...
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