So I bought a 64 gb uhs-1/class 10 lexar branded sd card, the one that comes with the usb 3.0 reader. Used it on my s3 for a couple weeks before getting my Note, then put it in my Note the day I got it. It made me format it, which I did, and then copied all my photos music etc to it. No problems for a couple days, then out of the blue I got a message saying that the SD card that was currently inserted was either corrupt or blank. I pulled it and my pc said it was blank. Wtf. Formatted it on the pc, then on the phone again, and went to put some stuff on it. The first file transferred went on fine (from internal to external memory on the phone) then when I refreshed the folder the file was gone. Promptly went back to Wal-Mart and went to get it replaced. Didn't have my receipt but they said they could look it up, but when they went to the incompetent moron they call a manager couldn't find it. I said screw it and bought another one, walked about twenty feet away, opened it and swapped them out, turned around and returned it saying I don't want it anymore lol.
Went home, used it for almost the past week and now just last night the phone said that I incorrectly removed the card (to which I replied, "phone, I did nothing of the sort. I did not do so much as jar you around or anything of the like. I call your bull****, sir"). Went to pull it and push back in, nothing. Put my old 32 gb card in and it worked fine. Put the 64 gb card in my computer and nothing, it didn't even know there was a card there.
So has anyone else had problems like this with lexar cards? I'm pissed, and locally this is the only card of this size that I could find for under a hundred dollars....I am wondering if this is a common issue with them, and if anyone knows a place (local to Calgary preferably but obviously not many of you are from here lol) that I can get a good one for a reasonable price, and what brand is one you guys would suggest? I know SanDisk is crap. I would prefer a faster one but not if that means it will be less reliable. Thanks!
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i have my streak for a week, the 2nd day i got it i turned it off and went to the +/-vol + power screen to do a factory reset but i changed my mind and rebooted phone again, after that the 16GB card wasn't being detected anymore and even formating it didn't bring it to life again. In windows sometimes it showed up as a 30MB card but i couldn't even format it, some error about bad blocks.
So i used a 8GB card during the week and yesterday i bought a class 4 16GB card, it was working fine untill this morning when i tried to do update of the os, i went to the same screen but forgot to rename the file to update.pkg so i rebooted the phone again to rename it, but again when it came onto the os, same thing, it detects the card as blank but it can't format it... so i have now another broken sd card...
i did a factory reset while using the 8GB card so i dun think the problem is just cause of going to the black update.pkg thing screen...
anybody has had any 16GB faulty card?
what do u guys think? my streak hates 16GB cards and is faulty? or i am the proud owner of 2 faulty 16GB in a row (a class 2 and a class 4, both sandisk)?
My streak came with 16 gig card. Had no issues with it so far. I've put DJ STEVES Rom on as well.
btw, on both ocasions i had the phone connected to the usb cable and to the computer... could that be a cause?
maybe i'll just go buy another 16GB microsd card and play around with it to see if it happens again!
update: tested the card now with the program "active partition recovery" and it gives me an errors saying "bad signature in sector 0 on 86h" ... dunno what it means tho
ok, been trying a bunch of bad blocks recovery programs, mbr fix programs, etc, none works so i guess the card is unrecoverable and is really physically damaged...
just 2 questions before i decide if i buy a new card or send the phone back to shop (it'll hurt having to wait 2 or 3 weeks for a replacement streak)
i was only just using the cards inside the phone, and it even worked well as a usb storage device in windows when i connected the mobile on usb, only after i went to the recovery screen did this happened, (the 1st card failed after i went to the fastboot screen now that i remember correctly) do you think that any of these actions could have damaged the card?
and is it even possible for a normal streak to even damage the card beyond repair just by rebooting and trying to flash an update?
if that were the case, i guess loads of ppl would have same problem as me ...
other than that the mobile works flawlessly, hence my reluctance to send it back, plus the fact that it worked fine during this week with an 8GB card... but then again .. what are the odds of 2 cards failing one after the other in similar circunstances... sigh...
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ok, been trying a bunch of bad blocks recovery programs, mbr fix programs, etc, none works so i guess the card is unrecoverable and is really physically damaged...
just 2 questions before i decide if i buy a new card or send the phone back to shop (it'll hurt having to wait 2 or 3 weeks for a replacement streak)
i was only just using the cards inside the phone, and it even worked well as a usb storage device in windows when i connected the mobile on usb, only after i went to the recovery screen did this happened, (the 1st card failed after i went to the fastboot screen now that i remember correctly) do you think that any of these actions could have damaged the card?
and is it even possible for a normal streak to even damage the card beyond repair just by rebooting and trying to flash an update?
if that were the case, i guess loads of ppl would have same problem as me ...
other than that the mobile works flawlessly, hence my reluctance to send it back, plus the fact that it worked fine during this week with an 8GB card... but then again .. what are the odds of 2 cards failing one after the other in similar circunstances... sigh...
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I feel your pain man. I just got mine yesterday from my local best buy. Within the first 6 hours it shut down randomly while idle. Had to connect it to a power supply and then reboot it to get it started again. On top of that, after the random shutdowns, the phone wouldn't recognize the sd card. It came up on error in the notifications. It gave the option to reformat it right in the streak but when you clicked on reformat...nothing happened. Could write to the card at all. No pictures, music...nothing. So I returned it the same day I bought it and exchanged it for another.
My replacement streak has been perfect (besides my noob experiment in flashing steve's froyo)!
I'm pretty sure it was a hardware issue. It sounds like you got a faulty streak as well. My advice would be to send it back...ask for expedited shipping or whatever it takes to get it back asap. These things are too expensive for them not to work as promised.
Good luck bro!
Try here http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/ & see if you can reformat the cards
worth a try
Hi guys I registered just for help with this annoying problem. So I bought my Xperia Play on ebay and the guy said it was brand new. Anyway so I open it up pop my sim card in then I slide it open to try out some games. So I click on Bruce Lee then it tells me insert SD card so then I think to myself "did the guy take the SD card" so I end up opening the back cover and looking for the SD card slot and to my surprise it had an SD card in it.
An 8GB card so I didn't know what the problem is. So I went over to storage and tried to mount it, it then tells me "SD card is blank or has unsupported filesystem" so then I click on that to format it and it does nothing just brings a little loading thing then the same notification that it is blank.
I finally got my brother's phone and popped it in and formatted it through the pc through his phone and then popped it into mine and the same problem again. I'm at the end of my rope, I've contacted the seller but I'd really would like to be able to fix it myself and keep the phone.
Thanks for any help and sorry for the essay lol.
Since then I've tried using my brother's micro SD I've tried formating and everything I can think of. This is my last resort before looking for a place that might be able to fix it.
Not an expert here, but if you have tried multiple cards and they don't work, you could try a factory reset on the phone. If that does not work, sounds like a hardware issue, though someone else might know better.
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That's what I'm thinking but I wanna see if someone has a fix or a trick before taking it in to be checked.
Do you have another card to try?
Mine was cracked and quit working. I got a new 16GB card anyway because 8 isn't enough for a gaming system. 16 isn't even enough but that was the biggest I could find under $100.
I didn’t want to spend just as much on a card as I did on the phone. Although I did spend $900+ for a 32GB iphone 3GS.
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Do you have another card to try?
Mine was cracked and quit working. I got a new 16GB card anyway because 8 isn't enough for a gaming system. 16 isn't even enough but that was the biggest I could find under $100.
I didn’t want to spend just as much on a card as I did on the phone. Although I did spend $900+ for a 32GB iphone 3GS.
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I tried like 3 cards. One that came with it, then I went out then bought a 4GB Sony card and then I resorted to trying out my brother's card that works in his samsung phone.
Then it is probably a hardware problem. See if you can get it fixed under warranty.
How long ago did you buy it? You have 20 days to file a claim through Paypal.
Try multiple microSD cards if you have any available to you. If the phone isn't mounting it properly, try formatting the SD card on your computer. Be sure to use defalt file system and the default allocation size.
One thing I noticed is that the SD card will not mount properly if the back cover is not put on securely. There are two small buttons that are depressed when the back cover is replaced, which tells the Play to keep the SD card mounted.
When I was hot swapping SD cards with the back cover off, the SD card did not remain mounted.
Good luck!
Anyone else getting this with their S4? I bought my S4 two weeks ago and a Sandisk 64gb card to go with it and started seeing this error about twice a day. I returned it for a Samsung SD and didn't see the error for almost a week until today.
The card actually appears to be fine, all I have to do is remount it after seeing the message and all is good, it's just worrisome cause I store all my photos on there. I'm wondering if it could be the phone itself? I have one day left to exchange it, but it's rooted.
SD Errors are because the card is physically moving when its being written to. This cause bad sectors on the card. Try putting a piece of thin scotch tape and cut to shape of the face of the SD Card. See if it fits more snug....
Are you jogging with the S4 or something? Samsung SD's are class 10 which I think write faster. Maybe that is less likely to cause damage because its written so fast? Not sure....
Try the tape trick and see if it reduces the problem. Else its a physical problem with the slot.
i also have a class 10 64gb, some guy on the forum posted this problem too, he said that by formating the card with a PC and then formating it with the format utility in the phone settings has solved his problem. If not, might be a slot problem like slider mentionned
I had this problem too with my 32 gig class 10. When I put my shock absorbant case on it my problem went away
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I had never had an issue with a Sandisk card until my S3 ate a 32GB. I then started readibg how the S3 ate non- Samsung cards. I have been using a Samsung card with no issues
hope you make regular sdcard backups and copy to pc
polish_pat is correct, reformat your card with sdformatter, use Full Erase On and Size Adjustment On
Of course backup first
you shouldn't have to reformat again in phone--
if the card is good this should solve your issue
I had tried 3 different San disk 64GBP class 10 cards and had this problem, the fourth one works so far...doing some searching I found lots of complaints from lots of different device forums about this card. Only fix I found was running chkdsk repair on the card in Windows but this only worked for a few people ( couldn't save my first three cards)
anyway, imo exchange the card or better yet buy a different brand
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Posting here as doing a search revealed this is the closest to the problem that I'm having. I've had my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 for approximately 1 month now. I purchased a Sandisk 32GB SD Card for the phone. Two days ago I began experiencing issues where when unlocking the phone I would notice the card would unmount then remount (this was in the notification bar). Later that night, the card unmounted and there wasn't any way to get it recognized again. I posted in some other forums and someone said there were some good posts here.
I've contacted Sandisk regarding the card and they refused any involvement stating it's a problem with the phone, not the card. They determined this because once I was able to get the phone to recognize the card and plugged the phone into the PC, the card was able to be read. As long as it's readable, it's fine. After dealing with this I eventually found my MicroSD to SD reader and plugged it into my media reader in my printer. I had quite a few issues from time to time reading the card, however I can't 100% for sure say whether this is the card or the printer.
Anywho, I grabbed copies of what I needed. Formatted the card on the PC, then formatted it on the phone. I began to copy my entries however at one point instead of saying I had 29.* GB Available, it said something like 2.0 EV of 3.0 PE or something like that... these weren't the typical numbers I've seen nor the units of storage space. I apologize that I can't recall that information. I reformatted again and it worked. Left the card in the phone empty over night then tried to copy files later today. This worked.
Now, approximately 48 hours after the problems began, I noticed more issues. SD card stated that it had been damaged and that I should reformat it. While this message stayed in notifications, I confirmed I was still able to read files on the SD card. When googling that error hoping I'd find more resources, the card again unmounted.
One of the resources I found had me do a CHKDSK /F /X on the card. I did this and found no issues. I've replaced it back into the phone and it seems to be working for the moment.
1) Are there any confirmations if this is a bad card, or if perhaps any applications are causing the card to do this? I do have QuickPic and have enabled some of the hidden file features if that helps.
2) Do we know if there are any logs that can be pulled to help verify this?
3) Is it a specific card? (I've heard SanDisk 32gb, but also have heard non-Samsung SD will fail)
Looking to get this resolved ASAP. This card was purchased directly from AT&T when the phone was purchased. I am just looking for some confirmation that if I have to buy another card, I'm not going to gamble if that's going to have the problem as well.
Thanks! If I forgot anything please ask!
Edit: Per the thread, this is a Class 4 card. Also the phone was not moving when it was writing data. I've been couch-ridden all day and unlocked it. I don't believe the phone was in deep-sleep mode as I had received a text not long before I began noticing these messages.
same problem
i have the same problem and guess what ?
the phone is acting like the ***** it stays ok for 3 weeks while that time i download to many stuff to my ext card 32g Elixir Memory after that it crach and give me notification that sd card is damaged and i have to reformat it sucks
by the ****in way this's the fifth time it crash i changed the memory to sony and same and changed to Kodak and the same
so abso****inlotley its the S3 for me soon its going to trash
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i also have a class 10 64gb, some guy on the forum posted this problem too, he said that by formating the card with a PC and then formating it with the format utility in the phone settings has solved his problem. If not, might be a slot problem like slider mentionned
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This works! It fixed the issue I was having with my SanDisk 64GB.
I transfered my high end SanDisk card with all my music and photos into the new phone note 3.It worked for about 10 minutes .than it stopped reading my card .
I had another card with memory back up pro in.. assuming all my back up could be reinstalled than found out the pro version of the app only backed up the internal stuff not the card thus usless
Next I tried Kies ...couldnt get of base it says this phone doesn't work with my version of Kies and tells me to download Kies 3 ...which I could not find.and even if I did would it of backed up my memory card.?
Next went back to samsung they told me the old card is not compatible with note 3 I have to reformat it .
My card is recognized in the computer but only showing only empty folders etc.
I have all my photo to on Dropbox and or Google plus but I don't think they are stored in folders like my original.
So I've had no time to enjoy the phone, right now I wish I never bought it.2 days wasted .
Why can't samsung like apple just allow me to plug in to my computer and back EVERYTHING UP.
I have read thousands of people whose memory card has crashed.
So moving forward without rooting witch may invalid my warranty .
how do I back up everything internal and my new memory card?
Also any one else have any ideas how to get my stuff back from the card
Thanks
I think next time I will buy a solid state phone no memory card and maybe an apple later when they bring out a bigger phone .
So do day I have to waist another day .
Sorry I could be more possitive.
But be warned back up your cards before putting into new phone
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From what I took of that TL;DR-filled post is that your Sandisk SD Card is failing. Which model specifically may I ask was it? I had my Sandisk 32gb Ultra stop working for my Note 2 a few weeks back. At first I thought it was my custom rom, but I learned that it is actually a wide-spread problem with Sandisk cards on higher-end devices. Though eventually it got to the point where a week ago, the Sandisk card just stopped working period on any and all devices. My advice would be to call support to get a free replacement via warranty or a refund if possible, and buy a Samsung card instead. Something like a Samsung Pro 64gb SDXC microsd card would only cost $60 and have more than double the speeds of the Sandisk, while actually not failing.
What is the exact model of your "high end SanDisk card"?
I've had 3 64gb SanDisk cards (bought them in different times over a year ago), the first two failed after few days, while I was trying reformat them to fat32 on computer (TWRP didn't recognize exFAT cards back then), they would just become unrecognizable by computer or phone. Very much possible my fault.
The third card I left alone and it was working "fine". However progressively quite a few files got corrupted. Many photos became 0 bytes (this is without removing the card from phone). Good thing I had Dropbox and G+ backing up photos.
3 weeks ago I bought Samsung card, twice as fast, for less money, and so far I have no issues with it whatsoever, in fact I think the phone has less lag, especially the gallery (granted I did remove most videos from it)
Although I should point out, that I did transferring files from old card to new by using usb adapter and copied everything to the computer first then on new card.
KIES 3
i have a sandisk class 10 32 gb
ive lost all my music.... and the photos are on dropbox but not stored in folders .
samsung should allow complet backups for not rooted phones .
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"SD Card Damaged : Try reformatting" and SD card randomly unmounting itself.
I'll start from the beginning. I purchased the phone on 2/14/16 from Best Buy for a $1 upgrade fee. The phone worked fine from day one with the Sandisk 64gb Ultra card I have had installed and running in my three prior phones (Samsung Galaxy S3, Samsung Galaxy Note 3, and LG G3) with no problem. Basically just used the card to hold music I had downloaded off of Google Play Music. I believe I used about 40-45gb of the available space.
This past Monday, the phone was at 20% battery when I went to bed so I powered the phone off and charged it overnight with it off to get the most charge before work. When I powered it on Tuesday morning, I had a notification that said "Damaged SD Card: Try Reformatting." Upon seeing this, I attempted a reformat and nothing happened. Tried again and again to nothing happening. Being rather upset, I dealt with the lack of a SD Card for the day until I could get to Best Buy and see what they had to say.
Stopped by Best Buy after work and their "tech guys" told me they had no clue, attempted a few fixes (all to no avail) and ended by telling me I should buy a new SD Card and give that a shot. Being it was close to closing time, I grabbed the 128gb Samsung Evo + which, per a few internet searches, was the "best SD card in 2016." Drove home, powered off the phone, pulled the SIM/SD tray, installed the new card, popped the SIM/SD tray back in, powered up and...nothing.
The phone wouldn't recognize that there was a SD card in it. Read a few articles from a few Google searches and pulled the card and verified that it was working by putting it in my Chromebook. The Chromebook recognized it, my Lenovo PC recognized it, the phone would not. I tried reformatting it on the PC and reinstalling it just for it to recognize the card and have the card unmount itself literally within two minutes of being recognized.
Frustrated, I called Verizon and asked what they could do. They overnighted me a replacement phone. Get home from work today, try the new phone and ...nothing. Same issue. I read a few threads on this forum that stated that Motorola doesn't want to take responsibility for the issue but I don't see how it isn't the phone's fault. My Chromebook can use the card. My PC can use the card. The previous three phones I had could use the 64gb Sandisk card. What gives?
Sadly, looking around Google, I don't see many articles or forum posts about my issue so I have yet to find a solution. Can anyone shed some light on this? Is there a way to fix this? Is my best option to get irate with Verizon until they replace this phone with yet another replacement to which has the same problem? Do I wait for the Marshmallow update and hope for the best? Do I continue being irate with Verizon in hopes that they'll replace this phone with a different model by a different manufacturer? What is my best options?
TL;DR - SD Card will mount in phone but will unmount itself immediately after powering on. Lack of Google results. Is there a fix?
Try to format sd card with your phone. I had similar problem with my previous phone.
I have exactly the same sd card as you and works flawlessly in my Force.
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I've tried numerous times. When I hit "Erase everything" it starts and reads "Unmounting SD" for like a minute then gives me the error that the SD card was removed before it could finish though it hasn't. I don't know what the problem is.
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Try removing the Micro SD-Card and use Windows to run "Error Checking" on it (right click drive, click on properties, click on "Tools" tab").
This fixed my SD-Card concerns.