Fresh new SD card, must format? - Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers

I bought a SD card in anticipation of the new phone.... I am reading that it just be formatted to be secure etc....
So if I already have an SD card with 70gb of stuff on it, does it make you start from scratch??

Did you had Samsung phone before and this card worked ? Then it should work.

DavidB93 said:
Did you had Samsung phone before and this card worked ? Then it should work.
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I formatted it with my S3 [emoji23] [emoji23]
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Formatting sd card

Hi. I have a 16 sd card in my tab and i was trying to format it. No matter how i format, delete the files they just end up staying no mater what i do.
Is the card corrupt, if so what can i do?Is
Thanks
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Did you buy the card from ebay? If yes, find a tool called h2testw - it will tell you if you have a fake card.
Will try, i think its legit, got it in a trade and had the users data on it.In
I wanted to wipe it but can't.
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Installing new sd card!

I want to put a bigger sd card in my evo 4G. Gingerbread and CM 7 are on the sd card I have now. Do I just copy the files to my computer then transfer them to the new sd card b4 putting that new card in the phone?
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Yes you do.
Will this be the same on the DInc? I am going to put a larger card to avoid the "Not enough space..." messages and wondered if I needed to format the new card in the phone.
bobd2754 said:
Will this be the same on the DInc? I am going to put a larger card to avoid the "Not enough space..." messages and wondered if I needed to format the new card in the phone.
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Yes indeedy.

Beware 64gb sdxc

Not happy...
Today I tried my SanDisk 64gb sdxc card in my note 10.1... I've been using it in my 5.3" galaxy note for months. It mounted and read just fine in the Note 10.1, so I copied all the data off it, planning to use a 32gb card in my other note.
After I copied the data, I put the card back in the Note 10.1, and it said "blank card or unsupported file system"
To cut a long story short, the card is now corrupted and can't be formatted in either windows or the original Note.
So, if you're using this card in your original Note, DON'T put it in the 10.1!
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BigStuart said:
Not happy...
Today I tried my SanDisk 64gb sdxc card in my note 10.1... I've been using it in my 5.3" galaxy note for months. It mounted and read just fine in the Note 10.1, so I copied all the data off it, planning to use a 32gb card in my other note.
After I copied the data, I put the card back in the Note 10.1, and it said "blank card or unsupported file system"
To cut a long story short, the card is now corrupted and can't be formatted in either windows or the original Note.
So, if you're using this card in your original Note, DON'T put it in the 10.1!
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Format it with FAT 32.
Ditto: format with FAT32, most SDXC cards are formatted ExFAT and that's not compatible with the Note 10.1. Use the tablet or a third party utility to format if you're a Windows user since Win7 wants to format using ExFat rather than FAT32 (Mac OS X can format large cards in FAT32). Drawbacks? FAT32 only supports individual file sizes up to 4 gigs per file.
I've tried formatting it, it's toasted. Windows disk manager says it's 30.6gb, but won't format it because it says it's write protected... Neither of my notes will format it, they both say it's blank, and when I try to format they say it's currently being checked... I even tried SD Formatter from www.sdcard.org, and it says the card is write protected...
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BigStuart said:
I've tried formatting it, it's toasted. Windows disk manager says it's 30.6gb, but won't format it because it says it's write protected... Neither of my notes will format it, they both say it's blank, and when I try to format they say it's currently being checked... I even tried SD Formatter from www.sdcard.org, and it says the card is write protected...
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this may sound kind of dumb, but if you use an SD card adaptor for your micro SD, did you check the lock slider on your SD hard? i was not able to format my microSD card on my note and was having the same issues with the write protect on my computer but i realized later on that my lock slider kept being pushed into the lock position whenever i slide my card into my reader. so, i unlocked it and carefully slid my card into my reader to make sure it doesn't lock. i formatted my card to fat32 on my computer using EASEUS Partition Master (http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm). it's easy to use and free. works great
Evo 4G63 said:
i formatted my card to fat32 on my computer using EASEUS Partition Master (http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm). it's easy to use and free. works great
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I did the same, don't forget to set the cluster size to 32 for a 64gb card. Works great.
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Evo 4G63 said:
this may sound kind of dumb, but if you use an SD card adaptor for your micro SD, did you check the lock slider on your SD hard? i was not able to format my microSD card on my note and was having the same issues with the write protect on my computer but i realized later on that my lock slider kept being pushed into the lock position whenever i slide my card into my reader. so, i unlocked it and carefully slid my card into my reader to make sure it doesn't lock. i formatted my card to fat32 on my computer using EASEUS Partition Master (http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm). it's easy to use and free. works great
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Yes, I've tried it in 2 different card readers. I just tried EASEUS Partition Master and it can't do anything with the card either, the system reports the card as 30.6MB unallocated.
BigStuart said:
Yes, I've tried it in 2 different card readers. I just tried EASEUS Partition Master and it can't do anything with the card either, the system reports the card as 30.6MB unallocated.
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I used the microSD to SD converter which came with my Sandisk and plug it directly into the notebook's SD slot.
I would say try another computer (or notebook).
After the latest update, the Note 10.1 reads and formats exfat SD chips just fine.
Ooooooo! THX just ordered one..
Nakel said:
After the latest update, the Note 10.1 reads and formats exfat SD chips just fine.
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Awesome, thanks for the FYI Nakel!
Reading THIS would have helped
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1847461
troed said:
Reading THIS would have helped
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1847461
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It wouldn't have helped me... My card got toasted before your thread existed...
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Ahhhhh, sorry, didn't know that ........ Hope You can save the card somehow .......
Good Luck
There have been a number of reports of broken 64gb cards that will only format to 30.6gb, check this http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s2-international/550328-64gb-cards.htmldiscussion.
I think that 30.6gb is what you normally would get from a 32gb card.
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I've had same problem with sdxc but after firmware update SD works ok.
i've not had a problem with my sandisk 64gb sdxc card
I tosted a mounth ago my first 64GB SDXC the same day because I was not aware of what I should use and do to make it compatible with most devices.
First of all, the card is SDXC with exFAT, for that you HAVE to use an adapter compatible for that card, like Mobilelite 3G.
I put that card in my old card reader and after try to copy into the card a file ISO of 6GB the card crashed.
After that the card was not recognized.
Second mistake, I used not appropriate Software to format the card, from CMD in W7, Gparted Live, to many other.
You HAVE to use specific tools like FAT32Format or MiniTool Partition because this tools are made to do not delete the "Protected Area" which is needed to let working the card.
so,
step 1; Open the Blister Package and put the card into compatible SDXC Card Reader.
step 2; Format with FAT32 Format.
After that the card will work fantastically with ANY device and no complain at all.
Now I got my second 64GB SDXC formatter in Fat32 and my OLD HTC Touch Diamond 2 see the card with full capacity of 60GB!
Amazing! Right?
If its a new card you should have a warranty get it replaced.
I had a similar proble with a 16 gb card on my optimux 2x and from Sandisk itself. When I inserted it recognized and then the card was fried fortunately it was replaced by the seller in couple of days I still have the old card as they did not bother to take it back.
That time i thought it was a fake
samir_a said:
If its a new card you should have a warranty get it replaced.
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This is what I did and I was refunded before to pay for another one.
samir_a said:
I had a similar proble with a 16 gb card on my optimux 2x and from Sandisk itself. When I inserted it recognized and then the card was fried fortunately it was replaced by the seller in couple of days I still have the old card as they did not bother to take it back.
That time i thought it was a fake
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Ok, so in this case you can do this way;
step 1; Open the Blister Package and put the card into compatible SDXC Card Reader.
step 2; Use h2testw to test the card if it's fake.
step 3; when you know is good format with the right tool.
They do not bother you to take the card back? Strange? And the second one is good?

SD card not being detected

Anyone else having issue with the phone not detecting/mounting an SD card?
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jjgrantham said:
Anyone else having issue with the phone not detecting/mounting an SD card?
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I don't have my S4 yet, but when I got my S3 at launch, I had to format my SD Card with my PC for my phone to read it. Could be worth a shot.
Ok cool thanks ill try that.
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Quick question.. Can you try this out for me? I am having a similiar issue with the microSD card. Put music or video in the sd card and navigate to it using the My Files app. I can access everything on my sd card via My Files app explorer but the stock music app or 3rd party apps cant detect it.
JIM2004 said:
I don't have my S4 yet, but when I got my S3 at launch, I had to format my SD Card with my PC for my phone to read it. Could be worth a shot.
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This worked. Thanks

Corrupted Memory Card!

Lately my Samsung 32GB EVO microSD HC Memory Card started acting in a weird way.
Following are the error I'm getting:
1-Unable to delete anything on the card
2-Unable to format the card using my beloved 6p.
3-I can copy stuff from the Sd card but cannot CUT or Delete anything.
Also tried Windows to Format the card,still no luck.
Any kind of help would be appreciated.
weirdzombie_21 said:
Lately my Samsung 32GB EVO microSD HC Memory Card started acting in a weird way.
Following are the error I'm getting:
1-Unable to delete anything on the card
2-Unable to format the card using my beloved 6p.
3-I can copy stuff from the Sd card but cannot CUT or Delete anything.
Also tried Windows to Format the card,still no luck.
Any kind of help would be appreciated.
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Use this program, I had same issue, https://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html, hope it works.
00111101 said:
Use this program, I had same issue, https://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html, hope it works.
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Tried that Tool,didn't work for me
Faulty card. I had 3 of them burn out on me. Got 2 rma'd,. Still have one bad one.
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