I just lost my second 32gb class 10 Sandsk SD card in the S4. I didn't take the card out our do anything special. The card is now unrecognized in my computer and phone. This is the second SD card I lost. Any ideas on what may be causing this and how to possibly repair a card that isn't recognized?
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Try a card reader and pop it in a computer. Mine went unrecognized after a hefty download from the play market failed. So I copied everything off it and put it back in. And it worked. After backup if ur pc sees everything u can format it even once in the phone. Good luck
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Thanks but not mounting in either the phone or pc
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Just ordered a SanDisk 32GB sd card also except mine is class 4... wonder what the difference is, hope it doesn't happen to me :fingers-crossed:
It is disturbing at the cost of these. Fortunately I have a backup that isn't too old and I decided not to move all my apps to the SDCard.
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Joe0113 said:
Just ordered a SanDisk 32GB sd card also except mine is class 4... wonder what the difference is, hope it doesn't happen to me :fingers-crossed:
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The class is a speed rating.
A class 10 is 2.5 times faster than a class 4 at reading from and writing to the card.
I have just lost my second 32 gig. Lots of data lost. Can this be coincidence. I am worried and will start to back up the next mem card for piece of mind. I will guess the first one worked for 1 year and the second for 2 hope thurd times the charm.
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Hi guys,
I'm having a weird issue with my HTC Aria,
the micro SD card I'm using goes missing from time to time especially after boot. The system just refuses to see it, a physical eject and reinsert of the card is enough to get it to read for a while until it dissappears or until I reboot.
I've already tried formatting the card with the PC and in the phone, neither of which has helped the situation. Has anyone got some other tips of what I should do to sort this problem out.
Manually removing the card 3-4 times a day gets quite tiresome.
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Is it a Class 2 SDHC memory? A friend was having similar problems with an 8GB card of those characteristics and the phone didnt recognized it, not even after eject and re-insert. Try if the same happens with a SDHC of bigger class (speed)
Actually its a class 4, it does it every restart
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Have you tried another card to narrow your issue down to card or phone?
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I will borrow my mates card this week, will report back soon. Thanks guys
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I tried a 2gb Samsung card, like the free one you get with the phone. That had no issues, so it looks like my Kingston 8gb is faulty.
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AlbinoAsian said:
I tried a 2gb Samsung card, like the free one you get with the phone. That had no issues, so it looks like my Kingston 8gb is faulty.
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There ya go!
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There ya go!
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Warranty won't be easy ... I'm Living in Thailand
Ok it seemed the card wasn't the issue, but rather the type of ext partition. Ext2 wasnt working but ext 3 was
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I'm currently using an 8GB sdcard. I bought a 16GB and tried to transfer data. The first problem I have is that it takes forever to transfer it from my computer to the new card. I used a USB cord (new) and it still takes hours. Once it finally finished transferring I reboot and none of my data is there. What am I doing wrong?
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Did you get the card from ebay? It's likely the card is a fake, or is just DOA.
of course ,i think the sd card is a fake,to change another sd card to try again
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I'm currently using an 8GB sdcard. I bought a 16GB and tried to transfer data. The first problem I have is that it takes forever to transfer it from my computer to the new card. I used a USB cord (new) and it still takes hours. Once it finally finished transferring I reboot and none of my data is there. What am I doing wrong?
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Download h2testw on windows and run it to check your SD cards validity
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I bought the card from DailySteals.com. It looks like a legit card and my computer recognizes it.
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gmarkiek said:
I bought the card from DailySteals.com. It looks like a legit card and my computer recognizes it.
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Run that program above. Just because it looks good doesnt mean it is good, thats the whole reason these places make it look normal, so you think you are buying a real card.
And again, it could just be a bad card as well, contact the site and see about a return.
Will do.
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Ok so I turned on my p hone the other day and it says "SD Card damaged, please reformat". I ejected it and put it back in, and now the phone acts like there isnt an SD in the slot. Wtf. Anyone know why Samsung phones destroy SD Cards? And could anyone recommend a card it wont destroy? Ive heard good things about the 64 gig Samsung card but idk..
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Can you read it on your computer/laptop?
I would try reformatting on the phone after dumping any data to your pc.
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Can you read it on your computer/laptop?
I would try reformatting on the phone after dumping any data to your pc.
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agreed
Did you get this card on eBay? Or from a reputable store? As others said - make sure you try the SD card in a computer or elsewhere.
I believe this is just a fluke issue. I had the same problem. I shut phone completely off for 5 minutes turned it back on and everything was fine with me. So before you go panicking try shutting phone off then back on.
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I also have had this happen with two separate cards. The last time it happened the data was a complete loss. Unreliable if you ask me.
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16gig any brand should not be having issues at all, format fat32, and it will work, now 64 on the other hand, s4 and 64g have serious issues playing together.
I have an 8 gig and 16 gig card that I have used for YEARS and my S4 runs them just fine. I don't really think it's the phone.
I've had this issue a few times on my SanDisk 64GB. I panic at first, then just reboot and wait and it comes back fine... No data loss (yet) but I have everything backed up anyway..
only one thing to do, kill the S4...
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Can you read it on your computer/laptop?
I would try reformatting on the phone after dumping any data to your pc.
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I cannot read it on my desktop or laptop. Wont show up in disk utility on mac os x either.
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Ive rebooted multiple times and it doesnt work. It doesnt show on a computer. So im not sure what to do..
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Also it was a 16gb kingston class 10 card.
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I have never ever had any issues with the micro sd card on any of the Galaxy's phone. It might be a bad card. It's not your phone that killed the Kingston micro sd card. If your phone was a killer, it would have killed internal sd first before even killing this innocent 16 GB Kingston micro sd card.
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I have never ever had any issues with the micro sd card on any of the Galaxy's phone. It might be a bad card. It's not your phone that killed the Kingston micro sd card. If your phone was a killer, it would have killed internal sd first before even killing this innocent 16 GB Kingston micro sd card.
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Never heard of it???
Check here
http://forums.androidcentral.com/general-help-how/276489-samsung-galaxy-s4-sd-card-issue.html
I had the same thing happen to me! It sucks!
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Ok so I turned on my p hone the other day and it says "SD Card damaged, please reformat". I ejected it and put it back in, and now the phone acts like there isnt an SD in the slot. Wtf. Anyone know why Samsung phones destroy SD Cards? And could anyone recommend a card it wont destroy? Ive heard good things about the 64 gig Samsung card but idk..
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Where did you buy the SD card from?
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My bro had a 64 gig on his note 2 that did that I put it in my s4 and formatted it and it worked fine. Try using another phone to reformat it?
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OP I TOTALLY feel your pain! I've killed 2 64GB SD cards with my S4 since it was new. They were both sandisk ultra class 10 cards. I finally got a Samsung brand, and haven't had one single issue! It even runs faster than the sandisk ones.
Kingston SD cards .... the *** NEW Kingston SD *** cards are now working with Samsung devices.
My first Kingston 64 GB SD card stopped working months ago and asked Kingston for a RMA and they sent my new card. Now this new card has stopped working as well ... i asked Kingston what the problem was and they mentioned the the last batches of 64 GB SD cards were not compatible with Samsung Phones. I have two (2) Kingston 64 GB SD cards. Check the numbers on your Kingston SD cards NOW...
the two cards i have now are being returned via RMA and the numbers i have are
31461-001.AOOLF
NO427-003.AOOLF
Please check your SD Card numbers now and BACK UP your SD cards and
CONTACT Kingston RMA department at 1-800-337-3719
shop.kingston.com/web_rma/default.asp
Kingston Digital Inc.
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Phone: 714-438-1810
Free long distance number
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thanks ...hope this helps
My 32 GB micro sd card shows 01/01/1970,what it means?My memory card is brand new sandisk class 4.is it a problem?
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My 32 GB micro sd card shows 01/01/1970,what it means?My memory card is brand new sandisk class 4.is it a problem?
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mine has nothing on it ,longs as you can put thing on it and it works wouldn't worry
That's time 0. Its when computers start counting the milliseconds that have passed to the present time. It happened because a lazy programmer needed to provide the current time and just put 0 because he didn't feel like getting it. Enjoy ur free software
The problem is if you have an sd card. Guessing there's fault where it's taking to long to read it. I've had no problem with this. Got a 32gb sd card today. It's a samsung class 10 one too. Went to restart my device . Got stuck on start up. Tried again. But this time when it got stuck I removed the sd card and instantly it went to lock screen. Weird fault but if you have an sd card only way around it is to take it out while its booting up. Hope this is to help to anyone. Any comments or similar thoughts?
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The problem is if you have an sd card. Guessing there's fault where it's taking to long to read it. I've had no problem with this. Got a 32gb sd card today. It's a samsung class 10 one too. Went to restart my device . Got stuck on start up. Tried again. But this time when it got stuck I removed the sd card and instantly it went to lock screen. Weird fault but if you have an sd card only way around it is to take it out while its booting up. Hope this is to help to anyone. Any comments or similar thoughts?
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Did you accept an update while the SD card was inserted in your N10.1-14? It can randomly change the device to "custom" status which could cause issues with certain DRM protected content. Rebooting (maybe twice) corrects the issue. Later Samsung devices have occasionally corrupted SD cards too. I'm using two 64GB SanDisk cards in my N3 and SM-P601 and haven't had any issues even after accepting updates. It's kind of "spin the wheel."
I have no issue booting up with my 64gb Sandisk inserted.
You should format that card again perhaps.
Ok I've played around a bit more trying to reboot it about 4 or 5 times but it gets stuck In a loop. Flashes the lock screen for a couple seconds then be to the the start up samsung logo. It will keep doing this over and over again. Took the sd card out... worked straight a away. Weird!! An y ideas?
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Ok I downloaded an app called sd booster and I selected for my internal storage to be selected at boot up. This seems to have solved it. Lost everything on my sd card though and it is having trouble reseting it
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You have too many apps moved to sd card
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Try to format the card to exFat.
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You have too many apps moved to sd card
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Sorry that isn't the case . I had 25gb out of 32 available and , out if that was films
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