I've read loads of internet threads and other reports about Samsung phones (GS3, Note 2 etc) killing SD Cards from various manufacturers, so when my Lexar 32GB card (that I had used previously in my Note 1 since I bought it!) died unexpectedly I thought maybe it was the card.
Luckily Lexar are guaranteed for 10 years so I sent it back and they sent me a brand new one in return. But....
JUST THREE WEEKS LATER my Note 2 reported, after a reset, that the card was damaged and needed formatting - losing all the data on it AGAIN!
I can't see two cards both being faulty to be honest - it MUST be my Note 2 suddenly killing them. There seems to be no answer from Samsung about this - they just keep quiet. So I thought I'd post this and also a poll here to see how many cards have been killed/data lost by the Note 2 on XDA.
Sandisk. 'Nuff said.
Haven't tried a Samsung card but seem to get great reviews mostly. I haven't had a lexar fail me yet but on the other hand haven't used one enough to really push it. Tried lexar because they're usually the fastest or close to it.
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I've read loads of internet threads and other reports about Samsung phones (GS3, Note 2 etc) killing SD Cards from various manufacturers, so when my Lexar 32GB card (that I had used previously in my Note 1 since I bought it!) died unexpectedly I thought maybe it was the card.
Luckily Lexar are guaranteed for 10 years so I sent it back and they sent me a brand new one in return. But....
JUST THREE WEEKS LATER my Note 2 reported, after a reset, that the card was damaged and needed formatting - losing all the data on it AGAIN!
I can't see two cards both being faulty to be honest - it MUST be my Note 2 suddenly killing them. There seems to be no answer from Samsung about this - they just keep quiet. So I thought I'd post this and also a poll here to see how many cards have been killed/data lost by the Note 2 on XDA.
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I have been using lots of MMC/SD/microSD cards since they came out and I got several from various makes and price brackets (top-end Sandisk and Kingston included) failing on me over the years. Since I got my OG Note, almost 2.5 years ago, I have been using high-end microSD cards from Samsung only, class 10 32GB ones at first and then UHS-1 64GB ones since I got my Note II 6-7 months ago. I have yet to have a problem with them.
I have read that certain Sandisk cards had a manufacturing problem (admitted by them) which got them failing on some devices like the Note II, you may search for it.
Anyway, the only smartphone that I would buy (again) *today* is the Note II and the only microSDs that I buy today are Samsung's top-end ones.
I don't think your note killed anything, simply the card died - it probably would have died in any device; or maybe not if the device that is not i.e. heating as much as note etc. But I really can't believe there's an error in note that kills cards.
I.e. my 32gb died in my GPS, what should I have said "my Mio killed SD card!"? No, the card simply died, end of story. They manufacture them in such quantities that it's normal.... Remember when the CD-Rs first appeared? I still have some like 10-15 years old and they work just fine. Nowdays I burn a DVD and in a week I try to read it and it is unreadable! And I'm not using some crap brand. So I wouldn't blame your Note Simply mass production....
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I don't think your note killed anything, simply the card died - it probably would have died in any device; or maybe not if the device that is not i.e. heating as much as note etc. But I really can't believe there's an error in note that kills cards.
I.e. my 32gb died in my GPS, what should I have said "my Mio killed SD card!"? No, the card simply died, end of story. They manufacture them in such quantities that it's normal.... Remember when the CD-Rs first appeared? I still have some like 10-15 years old and they work just fine. Nowdays I burn a DVD and in a week I try to read it and it is unreadable! And I'm not using some crap brand. So I wouldn't blame your Note Simply mass production....
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Good point ! :thumbup:
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Sifou
Using a Samsung N7100
Its mainly about the quality on the microSD card and mass production.
adamelphick said:
I've read loads of internet threads and other reports about Samsung phones (GS3, Note 2 etc) killing SD Cards from various manufacturers, so when my Lexar 32GB card (that I had used previously in my Note 1 since I bought it!) died unexpectedly I thought maybe it was the card.
Luckily Lexar are guaranteed for 10 years so I sent it back and they sent me a brand new one in return. But....
JUST THREE WEEKS LATER my Note 2 reported, after a reset, that the card was damaged and needed formatting - losing all the data on it AGAIN!
I can't see two cards both being faulty to be honest - it MUST be my Note 2 suddenly killing them. There seems to be no answer from Samsung about this - they just keep quiet. So I thought I'd post this and also a poll here to see how many cards have been killed/data lost by the Note 2 on XDA.
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hello Londres guy, I hope you can understand my french.
So, my Note 2 have killed once my sd card, and I found something intéressant, that day I have download a pic of dogs from reddit, but I did't finish that, It was cancel by myself,
BUT I found the server was still working, the server which made from download, so my phone has been hot, and the batterie has gone very rapide, and the day after, my sd card is dead.
I took a look the server which is named multimédias have took 60% my batterie, it si why my note2 is hot, and i think is him, who writes alway in the sd card For a day and half, who make the sd dead fastly.
So maybe it is reason for the Sudden Death too, I mean if this server writes in the eMMC without stop, he can make the eMMC dead.
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for now I use my note2 very careful, I take a look the tasks, or the page de la batterie, if the server be here, I must make this server to default, and if i will download something, make sure it in the sd card, i dont want my emmc be broken.
I dont think the phone is responsible for killing sd. Might be a specific sd card problem.
Im Using a 32gb Samsung class 10, they are not very expensive in amazon. I used to have Sandisk cards with no problems.
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I've been using my SanDisk 64gb sd card since I bought my galaxy note 2 (in January) and had no problems at all.
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I also lost a SanDisk Class 4 32 GB card in my Note II, but it's interesting that I can still use the card as a USB memory through an adapter. Meaning, Windows recognises it without a problem as soon as I stick the memory in and check disk doesn't show any errors or bad sectors. On the other hand, no phone is able to recognise the memory anymore, no matter the phone manufacturer.
I did not want to risk again so I bought a 64GB Samsung UHS-1 card, factory exFAT formated. No problems so far, I've been using it for couple of months now. The only thing I noticed is that the write / read speeds are far below the specified ones, although these cards should be very fast.
Buy a Kingston card, they have lifetime warranty. I had issues with a 32gb card and got a new one free from them.
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I bought a 64gb scandisk with 10 year warranty. Keeping recite handy. But been Ok for nearly 3 months now no problems.
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fu*k now my note 2 was killed my samsung 32gb class 10 !
Did you try to repair the file system via CheckDisk utility?
File system gets corrupted if there is some error writing or power loss during file operations, or you disconnect the card.
Usually all the data is there, only the partition table gets corrupted.
Go to command prompt and type:
chkdsk /X /F <SD card drive letter on your system:>
my device has killed 3 (yes three!) 64gb class10 sandisk cards 2 got replaced and the third one.. i m still trying to make it work. Last measure, i did was formatted the factory formatted empty card with a prog called sdcardformatter and reformatted same in twrp recovery. For somedays its working but still getting 2-3 sdremoval error messages
now i will try mrlo suggested chdsk method
Same case with me on Kingston 32gb card
my Sandisk 32Gb mem card also died unexpectedly after a couple of months.
It just keeps automatically ejecting on its own
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my Sandisk 32Gb mem card also died unexpectedly after a couple of months.
It just keeps automatically ejecting on its own
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Yes that was the case with me
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There are lots of instances of this happening on the Web. Cannot be a coincidence. Seems it is worse after latest update. Some seem to think the voltage is to high or fluctuates and kills the controllers.
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after getting 3 64gb cards killed, i really doubt n worried which card to get? i think every 64 and 32 gb cards also getting wasted! i think i have no choice but to settle with old 8gb card. also , i am thinking to switch rom to some thing else. i am currently with arhd19. will this help?
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I have been using a pny 8 gb class 4 card in my phone for the past 3 weeks. It had been working great, but today it reset and lost all my data. God the phone up and running after a hard reset.
anyways, I want to purchase a 16gb card now. But i want to get one that I know will work. I read through the working sd card thread, but I found it challenging to pick out the ones that really worked. many people had success stories, but often they were from cards they only had for a few weeks, or with little of the memory used.
so my question, is what is the safest 16gb card for the focus. One that no one has had any trouble with. After reading through the thread i saw no one complaining about the samsung 16gb class 4. Can any confirm or deny this?
I've been running the Samsung 16g for about a month now without a single problem. Bought it off eBay from seller doctorwatsonsclinic.
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I've been running the Samsung 16g for about a month now without a single problem. Bought it off eBay from seller doctorwatsonsclinic.
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awesome. I've actually been looking at one from the same guy. Have you filled it past the internal 3 gb?
Internal NAND is 8g, I have over 10g stored on it and growing.
I have been using the 16GB Patriot memory card and I have not had any issues yet.
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I have been using the 16GB Patriot memory card and I have not had any issues yet.
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i've heard that one is good. How long have you had it? and how full is it.
I have had it about 3 weeks and I only have about 10 gigs free on my phone. I will try to fill it up all the way and let you know how it does.
anyone else?
Going by the posts, the safest would be these Class 4, 16GB cards: Patriot & Kingston.
I've been using a 16gb Samsung class 2 for the past 2 weeks. No resets or lost data. I've noticed some slowdown at times but nothing major. Much better than the 32gb SanDisk class 2 I was using, which had multiple resets and data loss after just five days
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I've been using a 16gb Samsung class 2 for the past 2 weeks. No resets or lost data. I've noticed some slowdown at times but nothing major. Much better than the 32gb SanDisk class 2 I was using, which had multiple resets and data loss after just five days
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beware of the 15gb line... mine worked flawless till i hit that... then random reboots but no loss... i added another gig and it went berserk....
class 4 16 gb seem to be good though and the samsung branded ones seem good too...
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beware of the 15gb line... mine worked flawless till i hit that... then random reboots but no loss... i added another gig and it went berserk....
class 4 16 gb seem to be good though and the samsung branded ones seem good too...
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That's with a Samsung, not Sandisk card, right? As far as I understood, everyone has had a nearly-flawless time with the Samsung cards.
yeah sorry was meaning the sandisk... have heard the samsungs have been good....
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
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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
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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.
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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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)
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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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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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So given the smaller HD space of the S4 I bought an Kingston 8 GB microSDHC Class 4 memory card for the phone.
Whenever I need to access anything on the card though I've been getting errors. Viewing pics in the gallery app is slow and causes the gallery app to freeze. I'm now trying to copy all of the pictures off the SD card onto the main HD space on the phone to stop this but I can't seem to get it to transfer more than a few files before I get an error copying it.
Did I buy a crap SD card or is this just normal with the S4?
No crap SD card I've found that Samsung phones work best with Samsung cards ! I used to use sandisk and had to switch too many stupid errors and stuff but long story short get a Samsung class 10 and you'll be happy
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Probably a faulty microSD card. Have had no problems so far with my Sandisk microSDXC.
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So given the smaller HD space of the S4 I bought an Kingston 8 GB microSDHC Class 4 memory card for the phone.
Whenever I need to access anything on the card though I've been getting errors. Viewing pics in the gallery app is slow and causes the gallery app to freeze. I'm now trying to copy all of the pictures off the SD card onto the main HD space on the phone to stop this but I can't seem to get it to transfer more than a few files before I get an error copying it.
Did I buy a crap SD card or is this just normal with the S4?
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I would try formatting the card and if still causes problems, get a new one. Sandisk is fine but if you bought it off eBay or for super cheap it could be knockoff. You don't need class 10 unless you are doing lots of writes and want speed - refilling entire card with movies or music.
I would say false class ten loads faster and is more efficient in storage and also more reliable I used to use class 4 and say I'm not wasting money blah blah but to be honest its worth the extra money! Especially if the op said his gallery is loading slow perfect example of a class ten shinning moment there! He didn't have a sandisk and he said he had a Kingston .... Worse IMO. Sandisk will tell you that 32 GB ultra class tens don't work well with some androids as I have been in contact with them many times since my gs3 and note 2 days ! Op I honestly recommend you to get a class ten Samsung micro SD and you'll be happy but your money and your phone just my three cents worth
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I bought the card from Amazon, and not from a 3rd party retailer using Amazon; directly from Amazon LLC so it's as legit as it gets on that front. It's entirely possible that the class 4 is slowing it down I just didn't want to rule out the possibility that it might be the OS doing something funky I'm unaware of.
But that said I found out the reason I was getting errors copying the files was because the files were corrupted so I'm leaning more towards crappy card at this point. I'll try formatting the card and see what happens. If it comes down to it I'll just get a larger Class 10, maybe get a samsung card after tyshemi recommendation.
I've used same Samsung class 10 SD card with two phones no problem. Even dirty swapped from one phone to the other no formatting no problems.
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Class ratings apply to write speed. It has nothing to do with reliability. Reads are faster then writes and so to distinguish performance class ratings were established in regards to writes and you pay more for faster write speed. Sandisk cards have a. 5 year warranty. Try formatting an using the card again and if still having issues try to return it.
For more factual info on SD cards check out Wikipedia.
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But more facts dont tell you that the market on ebay and amazon are flooded with bad sd cards and that sandisk return process is very slow and us anal phone users need things now trust me ive been through it five times with them when the note 2 came out! Needless to say samsung cards work better with samsung devices and samsung supports them as well
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Odds are it's a bad sdcard.
I've been using the same 64GB sandisk card class 10 card for 8 months ( Galaxy S3 and S4). I have over 30GB of music on it and growing. not to mention I regularly write 1GB plus files to the card and delete them (custom roms). No issues at all.
I've been using SanDisk Ultra 64GB MicroSD Class 10 on my S4 (GT-I9500), but read-write speeds are much slower than accessing from computer (using sdcard adapter). What is the cause of this? Thank you.
The first few photos went to the SD card then I get error messages saying...
http : // i807.photobucket.com/albums/yy360/sell90254/IMG_9360_zpse1bc05a4.jpg << this is the image but I'm too new to post pics.
"Unable to save file to SD card. Default storage has been changed to device memory."
So, I Googled around it it seems that this problem has popped up before but I haven't yet found a resolution.
I have the latest SanDisk 64GB UHS-1 microSD card. I thought that the problem last night was because I corrupted it by writing to it from my Windows 8 PC but I've since reformatted it with the fat32format.exe utility so that should be good.
Any advice?
I keep switching it back to the SD card but it worked for only a few hours.
My first Android device...
Maybe it's OK? Maybe my answer will help other NOOBs (like me)?
It seems that it depends on which shooting method that you use. And, I knew that because I read the entire manual while patiently waiting for what seemed like FOR-EVER for this thing to come out.
Anyway, I wasn't in one of the special "shot & more" modes so I thought it would be good but 'burst' somehow got checked and that was the problem.
:silly:
did you try formatting it?
it should work...i think its either a formatting issue or a problem with your card
Have you tried to format card in phone - be worried because I ordered the same card
eyecon82 said:
did you try formatting it?
it should work...i think its either a formatting issue or a problem with your card
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Have you tried to format card in phone - be worried because I ordered the same card
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YES. I did reformat the phone but learned a lot more about this.
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The problem is the version of this memory card and the exact part # and mislabeled packaging (can't post pics and URLs because I'm still too much of a NOOB to be allowed).
Here's what I wrote to the guy that I bought this from and he agreed to accept my return.
"I am so sorry to do this but the part # that you sent is different from the one you advertised and it therefore doesn't work in my Samsung Galaxy S5.
#1. The ad that I purchased from clearly said that I was buying a SDSDQUA-064G-A11A (Class 10 / UHS-1) but I instead received a SDSDQY-064G-U46A which is actually a class 6.
Regardless it is a different part #.
#2. This is documented on the SanDisk forum.
Question: Is "SDSDQY-064G-U46A" the same as "SDSDQUA-064G-A11A"?
From http://forums.sandisk.com/t5/Mobile...he-same-as-quot-SDSDQUA-064G-A11A/td-p/273971
Answer: SDSDQUA-064G-A11A is a class 10 UHS-I card in US packaging that has the android logo on it. SDSDQY-064G-U46A is a class 6 card in EU packaging #
3. I tried to use it because 64GB is 64GB but the phone requires a certain memory speed in order to support the camera and it automatically switches photos to the internal memory because the memory isn't class 10.
#4. I ran benchmark testing on my phone and confirmed the speed. The package is opened because I did try to use it but I've got all the material. Please let me know where I can send it back in order to receive a full refund."
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Google for "SDSDQY-064G-U46A SDSDQUA-064G-A11A" and you will find other articles.
My solution was to buy the 'Extreme version", I know it's 2x the price but not being able to take certain types of photos or videos on my SD card is unacceptable.
Specifically...
SanDisk 64GB 64G Extreme micro SD microSDXC Card 45MB/s 300X UHS-I Class 10 +smal multifunction Case
I have seen this same complaint on forums at Amazon, eBay and NewEgg. All supplied the much slower card which I can confirm does not work in the S5.
PS Here's a picture of what I bought that says Class 10 / UHS-1 but isn't really...
Just make sure the part # ends in A11A because the one ending in U46A won't work properly in your phone.
I have the extreme plus version and it works great
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eyecon82 said:
I have the extreme plus version and it works great
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Thanks.
I was pretty sure but that's EXACTLY what I wanted to know myself. I bought "extreme" and not "extreme plus" -- seems that there is a 2x difference here in speed. Hopefully the 'extreme is enough'. The lesser version of the "Ultra" (U46A) clearly is not.
I bought this one from http://www.rakuten.com/prod/sandisk-extreme-64gb-microsdhc-uhs-i-class-10-memory-card/256138497.html
and not this one from www.rakuten.com/prod/sandisk-extreme-plus-64-gb-microsdhc-class-10-uhs-i-memory-card-with/263090059.html
Some part #'s:
Extreme = SDSDQXL-064G-A46A
Extreme Plus = HK092 ???
Seems like most sites don't always list the full part # (example above) and many others list one but sell a different one like when I ordered the non-extreme version.
Hi folks iv a 32 gig sandisk worked for 2 days now s5 wont reconise it bloody pain
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I have a class 4 16GB card in my S5 right now and have no issues with burst (obviously, because the phone clearly says burst writes to phone storage), 4K video, etc. I suspect your card was defective.
Will this work ok?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/sandisk-ultra-plus-64gb-microsdxc-class-10-uhs-1-memory-card/3142644.p?id=1219088216907&skuId=3142644
Im using the samsung evo 64gb micro sd card and so far no problems. Its been in the phone from day of release so maybe have a look at purchasing this card.
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I've had a similar problem, it started in my S4 with the 64gb SanDisk but I thought that the camera had gone faulty! Upgraded this week to S5 and put the sd card in it and all the pictures I took were OK for a minute then went corrupt? Also noticed that I couldn't put apps on the sd so process of elimination brought me to the card. Turns out it had gone faulty but had a second one in my gopro so put it in the phone and all is working perfectly but the other card is dead and can't even format it. Not sure if this helps or similar to your experience but thought I'd share
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Maybe???
chimas16 said:
Will this work ok?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/sandisk-ultra-plus-64gb-microsdxc-class-10-uhs-1-memory-card/3142644.p?id=1219088216907&skuId=3142644
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I tried the Ultra and not Ultra-Plus. The Ultra worked for most things for me but not high speed cam/camera functions.
If you tried it please let me know.
From this point on I buy the Extreme Plus and never looked back.