External SD card problem in jellybean - Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi. Recently bought grand 2. I have few sings in my external SD card. These sings are not detected by any of the music player's. I tried many players but none if them detect them. When I move these sings to internal storage then they get detected by all the music player's. Why is this?? How to solve it?
Edit: not only music none of the contents in the SD card are being detected, neither videos nor picture's. I an only able to move data of apps into sd card.
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Internal SD Music Files not Detected by Music Player

This is really getting annoying. Any MP3/Vide files which I transfer through USB Mass Storage are not detected when it goes "Scanning for Media". It works through Kies and Webharing Wifi Transfer app...until I reboot the phone, then its detected in the music player anymore.
If I use the file browser or astro i can play it through them, but that's not really convenient is it.
Everything works fine if I transfer it through an external SD card. I only have a 2gb one though so it really doesn't cut it.
HELP
I am facing the same problem using CM7 nightly
Help is much appreciated.
No problem here straight USB transfer of files to folder on external sd card named songs .
jje
Make sure there arent any .nomedia files
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[Q] Music Transfer Problems

I purchased a Samsung GT-I5801 Android phone and a 32GB micro sdhc card. My goal was to use it as a smart phone and an mp3 player; essentially as an iphone at a fraction of the price. The phone works great and the android apps are fun, but the mp3 player functionality has eluded me. I have about 20GB of music and I can’t get it onto the card and/or into the phone.
I have tried transferring the data directly onto the card in two different laptops (both running windows xp sp3-hotfixed to recognize high capacity sdhc cards). Both computers can see the cards and recognize them as 32GB cards. I can transfer files back and forth from the card. I have used windows explorer to transfer the files as well as other programs: Windows Media Player, Media Monkey, FreeFileSync, Doubletwist, Winamp, and Samsung Keis.
I have also tried transferring the music to the phone with the card installed in the phone. I have tried this via all the above programs, including wirelessly transferring via Winamp. The process either stops and/or fails unexpectedly (twice producing the blue screen of death) or appears to complete successfully but turns out to only produce 2GB of music on the card while showing 20GB of space used on the card. The entire file structure for the music files is there but most of the files are empty even though the transfer process shows that they should be there. Then, when I remove and install the card again, the 18GB of space is freed up again to show that only 2GB (or less) of music is there. It is not always the same 2GB of music either. It seems random as to what files are transferred.
I have done a factory reset on the phone twice to make sure that it’s not the corrupted music database on the phone that is preventing all the music being recognized. I have also reformatted the card 3 times during this process. I have tried the following usb connections settings options in the phone: Keis, media player, and mass storage. I have also tried with usb debugging turned on and turned off.
I have a couple of questions:
1- Has anyone else had similar problems and how did you solve it?
2- Is there a maximum file limit per directory, or for music in general?
I’m at the end of my rope here, and am starting to wonder if the money I’ve saved by not buying an Iphone is worth the time and aggravation of this process. I have never posted a question on a tech forum before, but I’m desperate after spending a couple of weeks trying to solve this on my own.
you laptops sd reader is not sdhc Compatibility
try format card in you phone
dstewart said:
I purchased a Samsung GT-I5801 Android phone and a 32GB micro sdhc card. My goal was to use it as a smart phone and an mp3 player; essentially as an iphone at a fraction of the price. The phone works great and the android apps are fun, but the mp3 player functionality has eluded me. I have about 20GB of music and I can’t get it onto the card and/or into the phone.
I’m at the end of my rope here, and am starting to wonder if the money I’ve saved by not buying an Iphone is worth the time and aggravation of this process. I have never posted a question on a tech forum before, but I’m desperate after spending a couple of weeks trying to solve this on my own.
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is the card working on your friends phone? you must have atleast one guy who has a mobile which supports 32 gb card transfer all the music you want and see if all songs are detected in that mobile or not, if not your memory card is defective otherwise there is problem in your mobile.
Thank you for your reply. According to the specs on my netbook (Samsung NP-NC10) the reader is sdhc compatible. I have ordered an usb sdhc card reader to test the theory. I'll let you know how that works. I have formatted the card at least 3 times in my phone and have tried to transfer files with the card installed in my phone via the supplied usb connection cable. I have the same results.
Am I right in assuming that if my phone and sdhc card are working properly then I should have no problems transferring a large amount of music?
Has anyone else transfered 20GB of music to their Android and had success using it as an mp3 player?
have you test your 32gb sd card is real 32gb?
try hdtune or other tools like in windows ,or try full format in windows ?
if windows is hang ,over 2gb is can't read and write ...
i think you sd is fake card ..
Thank you for your suggestion to use hdtune. I tested my card with hdtune pro and it is a 32gb card that is healthy and has no errors.
I guess this means that I have a bad mobile? I wonder about transfering all my files again and then trying a factory reset on the phone.
I have not considered rooting the phone as I am new to this, but would that be a potential solution for this problem?
is in hdtune error scan ,full scan 32gb is not error?
sd card and card reader in phone is very Weak..
Update on progress
I have now checked the card using hdtune and reformatted it twice. hdtune detected no errors at any time.
I also purchased a usb sdhc card reader specifically. Just in case my built in readers were malfunctioning, but that has not solved the problem either.
I can transfer the files to the card. I can even read and access the files on the card on my computer. However, when I put the card into the phone, but files are not there, and the file folders are empty. Then, when I put the card back into my computer the files are gone.
I found this link on another forum with the same problem. While it is comforting to know that I am not the only one with this problem, I am still looking for a solution. Has anyone found one?
Found the problem!
I downloaded the H2test and used it to test my card. hdtune and windows did not discover the problems with the card, but this program did.
Apparently I purchased a 2gb card that was labeled as a 32gb card. The packaging and printing on the card all look like a legitimate Kingston class 4 32 gb sd card, but the actual card only has 2 gb capacity.
Apparently, the card tricked my windows computers by writing an index for all of the files I was transferring but only actually transferring up to 2 gb of data. That is why I could read some of the files on my phone, but not others.
If you are having similar problems, I would highly recommend this program!
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/H2testw.shtml
Thanks to all who tried to help me, your suggestions were very helpful!
so the card is fake 32gb but only have 2gb.why hdtune error full scan can not find it?

[Q] apps and external micro sd card

Hi all, i have an acer iconia a500 16gb with a 32gb external sd card attached. i notice that with music files on the external sd card the goggle music app cannot read any files on the external sd card. the nemo app can read the files on the external sd card but cannot play files from the external sd card. I can however play music files from the external sd card if i launch the files from a file manager although the only options im given to play them is either vplayer or nemo. is this a bug in HC 3.0, the google music app, nemo, or just the way android 3.0 runs? is there any fix for this or is there a proper tablet music playing app that auto recognizes and plays files on the external sd card.
I don't know about stock but Power Amp works just fine with my SD card.
Installed power AMP and yep you can set it to see and play files from the external sd card. Problem is google music interface and even nemoplayer interface is better than power amp for a tablet. I guess you can't have the best of both worlds.

Problem with External SD Card HELP!

So i bought a Galaxy S III yesterday and put an 8GB micro sd in it!
I installed a game called "The amazing Spiderman" and couldnt play it because of the memory.I tried to move it on the external sd card but no luck!
It tells me "this device not have a real primary external storage or the primary storage is emulated" this.
How can i move apps in the external sd? So i can play this game and not have future problems.
Is it a new card? If it is, you will probably have to format it. Go to Settings>Storage>Format SD Card
I had same problem mine wouldn't find any cards plugged in to fix I took a picture restarted and took another picture and now it mounts my card, hopefully it helps.
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Go to SystemSettings->Storage, patriondopulo. Check you free space, see if card needs formatting etc.

Need help with my microsd card on my note 3

Hi everyone
Recently i had this problem with my phone, the external microsd card that im using is Sandisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-1 64GB. I have used this external sd card to store movies, pictures and music on it and it works normally until recently the sd card starts to give me some problem. It started to have problem every time i transferred movies and pictures in it and it does not show up in the external storage when its is done transferring from my computer to my phone. Also I was not able to format my sd card under Settings>Storage>Format SD card. Can anybody advise me on this issues or did anyone who have similar problem solves their problem? Thanks you very much . :laugh::laugh:
Im using the stock rom by the way.
Bump , any advice on this issue ?
the3nd4u said:
Hi everyone
Recently i had this problem with my phone, the external microsd card that im using is Sandisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-1 64GB. I have used this external sd card to store movies, pictures and music on it and it works normally until recently the sd card starts to give me some problem. It started to have problem every time i transferred movies and pictures in it and it does not show up in the external storage when its is done transferring from my computer to my phone. Also I was not able to format my sd card under Settings>Storage>Format SD card. Can anybody advise me on this issues or did anyone who have similar problem solves their problem? Thanks you very much . :laugh::laugh:
Im using the stock rom by the way.
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Did you try format it using your PC?
Edit:after you format using pc then you try to format it again using same method as you did with your phone. Hopefully its not a faulty sdcard
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Flash it from recovery. It s better than windows.
Had an issue with a similar Sandisk card recently in my girlfriends phone. It seemed as if it went into some sort of read-only mode. Could not format it, could not write to it, either from phone or pc. I could backup the data though. Turned out to be a faulty card. Sandisk has a 5 year warranty on these cards though, so it was nicely replaced with a new one without any hassle.
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the3nd4u said:
Hi everyone
Recently i had this problem with my phone, the external microsd card that im using is Sandisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-1 64GB. I have used this external sd card to store movies, pictures and music on it and it works normally until recently the sd card starts to give me some problem. It started to have problem every time i transferred movies and pictures in it and it does not show up in the external storage when its is done transferring from my computer to my phone. Also I was not able to format my sd card under Settings>Storage>Format SD card. Can anybody advise me on this issues or did anyone who have similar problem solves their problem? Thanks you very much . :laugh::laugh:
Im using the stock rom by the way.
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Had similar issue before. The card cannot be written or formated any more . Stuck in read only. The only way is to send it in for warranty claim and get a new one. And if you do that remember to destroy the old card if you have sensitive information on it.
You can't destroy the card as you need to return it. If you destroy the card before sending it back, it is user caused damage and it will not be replaced..
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