I have purchased a new A9 pro. When i inserted a variety of micro sd cards it is saying not supported and asking to format. The format fails with a notification. I tried number of times in all the sd cards. I think samsung firmware has a bug and it is not rectified. Any thoughts and solutions?
idi thaangi said:
I have purchased a new A9 pro. When i inserted a variety of micro sd cards it is saying not supported and asking to format. The format fails with a notification. I tried number of times in all the sd cards. I think samsung firmware has a bug and it is not rectified. Any thoughts and solutions?
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If you have twrp you can reformat your memory card it might work if not if you own a PC you can use tool like gparted to create a new partition table you want the partition to be a fat32 format
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Like alot of you, I recently had alot of trouble with my sandisk 64gb micro sd card. this fix is pretty easy but it worked for me! so check it out:
you need two programs: SD formatter( can be found on the sandisk website) and easeus partiton master( you can use any program that lets you format partitions)
you will also need the sd card adapter to put you micro in, and an sd card reader
Step 1: connect your sandisk 64gb microsd card to the computer with the adapter it came with in the box. My laptop has the sd card reader built in
I dont think it will work unless you connect it this way.
Step 2: open sd formatter, it should have recognized your card if not click refresh. after its recognized click Options and set format type to full (overwrite) format the sd card. this will take a long while so you might wanna go watch tv or something?
step 3 : after its done formatting open partition master and right click on the sd card and format it to fat32. your going to have to click apply on the top right hand corner for it to work
you should be set. DONT FORMAT IN THE ANDRIOD SETTINGS. for some reason when ever i fixed the micro and tried formatting it in my phone it would mess up everything thing again.
I keep a 32 gb in my s4 now and use my 64 in my note 10.1 because i need the space there more. Let me know if this works for you!
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Like alot of you, I recently had alot of trouble with my sandisk 64gb micro sd card. this fix is pretty easy but it worked for me! so check it out:
you need two programs: SD formatter( can be found on the sandisk website) and easeus partiton master( you can use any program that lets you format partitions)
you will also need the sd card adapter to put you micro in, and an sd card reader
Step 1: connect your sandisk 64gb microsd card to the computer with the adapter it came with in the box. My laptop has the sd card reader built in
I dont think it will work unless you connect it this way.
Step 2: open sd formatter, it should have recognized your card if not click refresh. after its recognized click Options and set format type to full (overwrite) format the sd card. this will take a long while so you might wanna go watch tv or something?
step 3 : after its done formatting open partition master and right click on the sd card and format it to fat32. your going to have to click apply on the top right hand corner for it to work
you should be set. DONT FORMAT IN THE ANDRIOD SETTINGS. for some reason when ever i fixed the micro and tried formatting it in my phone it would mess up everything thing again.
I keep a 32 gb in my s4 now and use my 64 in my note 10.1 because i need the space there more. Let me know if this works for you!
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It really depends on the troubles you have, most of them are some kind of incompatibility with the S4 firmware and the 64GB SD card and formating this will not help. My issue was each time i'd put music on my SD, my system status would trip to custom, also my music would not always show up at boot. This has been a recurring problem with the sandisk cards no matter how i formated it. And yes, i did use SDFormater 4.0 and still had the issue. My only solution was to get a Samsung 64GB SD and no issues since
Sometimes mine removes itself, but a media rescan or reboot fixes it. Doesn't really bother me.
I use a 64gb PNY class10 and its flawless for me.I think the issue is witg the sandisk bran.
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Figured this is a good thread to post my experience.
I had a MicroSD card I thought was bad. What happened was I was formatting the device to ext4 at the time using a older microSD USB adapter i had. Basically, the microSD card reader died while it was in that process. Using a microSD > SDAdater and a built in SD card slot on my laptop I was unable to format the drive in Windows or MacOS. (I was formatting the device via the USB reader on my Desktop in Ubuntu). Ubuntu does not see my card reader on my laptop so I was unable to use that). I thought I killed it. It was a SanDisk microSDXC 64gb card.
So I ordered a new Samsung microSDXC and a new microSDXC USB card reader. I got them both. New card worked great. I decided to play with the card a bit. Using Ubuntu, gparted specifically, with the new adapter I could no create or modify partitions on the old microSD card. It would fail out every time, different errors for ext4, exFAT and Fat32. So. In Gparted I went to Device > Write new partition table.After I did that I would able to format the drive in Ubuntu to whatever filesystem I wanted, and the card works in the phone, mac, windows, everything.
Just a heads up to help any others with issues. Rewriting the partition table may help if somehow it gets corrupt because of some write fail,
I ve 2 64gb sandisk 10x microsd with Samsung S4 I9005 with Android 4.3. I formatted with android, also Windows 7 64bit with various types of sizes on laptop. However on laptop or on phone after writing some files and disk scanning, it gives many disk errors. I wonder if it is software or microsd hardware problems. There is no problem with 32 gb.
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Found the Culprit!
Considering I encountered this write protect error TWICE with the exact same product, and after having read forums that show it's a common problem, I conclude that the problem is with either this specific SanDisk product or a particular batch of this product:
Exact product specs: SanDisk Ultra 64 GB MicroSDXC Class 10 UHS-1 Memory Card with Adapter (SDSDQU-064G-AFFP-A)
These carry a lifetime warranty. A word of advice: if you go for a replacement, ask for a different 64GB model, or try a different size of the same model (I got 2 x 32GB cards instead). If they insist on giving back the exact same model, I'd suggest you use that card anywhere except a smartphone!
well guys I recently bought Samsung galaxy s4 19500 and for that I bought Kingston 32gb class 10 micro sd card. it worked flawlessly
but today when I unmounted the sd card from my galaxy s4 and put it in a card reader and connected it to my pc, windows detected it but asked for to format it.I clicked format microsd 32 gb , it wont format by quick format option for NTFS, FAT32 and EXFAT formats saying windows is unable to format sd card.then I unticked the quick format option and SLOW FORMATED in FAT32 .it continued to format it till around 99% then it said cant be formatted. Now when I mounted it back in my S4 , it says blank sd card and is not detected.
ANY solution to this issue?
regards
fakeprince said:
well guys I recently bought Samsung galaxy s4 19500 and for that I bought Kingston 32gb class 10 micro sd card. it worked flawlessly
but today when I unmounted the sd card from my galaxy s4 and put it in a card reader and connected it to my pc, windows detected it but asked for to format it.I clicked format microsd 32 gb , it wont format by quick format option for NTFS, FAT32 and EXFAT formats saying windows is unable to format sd card.then I unticked the quick format option and SLOW FORMATED in FAT32 .it continued to format it till around 99% then it said cant be formatted. Now when I mounted it back in my S4 , it says blank sd card and is not detected.
ANY solution to this issue?
regards
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return it and get a new one
card is destroyed
ok I will send it for warranty claim tomorrow, but how to format the new 32 gb sd card ? do I have to put it in card reader and format via windows first before putting in my galaxy s4?
fakeprince said:
ok I will send it for warranty claim tomorrow, but how to format the new 32 gb sd card ? do I have to put it in card reader and format via windows first before putting in my galaxy s4?
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Just mount it in Linux. Delete all partitions using "gparted" and unmount the card and remove it from the reader. Mount it and Create the partition you want like fat32 or ext4. I won't recommend NTFS due to the fact that it very restrictive filesystem. Your card is perfect and you just need to create and mount right partitions.
BSDgeek_Jake said:
Just mount it in Linux. Delete all partitions using "gparted" and unmount the card and remove it from the reader. Mount it and Create the partition you want like fat32 or ext4. I won't recommend NTFS due to the fact that it very restrictive filesystem. Your card is perfect and you just need to create and mount right partitions.
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thnx bro , issue was with the card reader
I am using it in FAT32 format now
I have a 8gb and 32 gb sandisk memory card and for some reason my S5 is not recognising them.
I have tried the 2 memory card in another phone and they work fine, maybe the memory card slot is faulty.
someone said the S5 will only accept a new memory card due to he latest software implication. is that correct
any help much appreciated.
Format it in your computer. Format it as NTFS for better performance, format it as FAT32 for best compatibility.
jopat said:
Format it in your computer. Format it as NTFS for better performance, format it as FAT32 for best compatibility.
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ive tried formatting on both methods. but still not working or recognising it. and cant mount it as its greyed out on my S5
maybe the memory card slot is faulty or damaged.
Try at least two other different brands of microsd. If they are still unrecognizable then your fear could be correct.
Hi.
I need help to get my rooted Kitkat S4 i9500 stock rom 4.2.2 GNL1 to read my sd card formatted in ext4. Would anyone be so kind as to point me in the right direction here.
Basically, I use my phone to download large files greater than 4Gb off the internet & my external 32Gb card is formatted in native fat32. This poses the 4Gb file limit which is an irritation.
Am I better off with ext4 or exfat? I have formatted my external sd card in ext4 through twrp, but the rooted stockrom doesn't know it exists when the system is booted up. Will I have better luck with exfat being recognised by the phone?
Looking for a Touchwiz solution without having to resort to a custom rom.
How am I gonna get over this problem?
You can go with exFAT since its file size limit is (theoretically) 128 petabytes and, according to the Samsung user guide, "The device supports the FAT and the exFAT file systems for memory cards. When inserting a card formatted in a different file system, the device asks to reformat the memory card." The S4 doesn't support ext4-formatted MicroSD cards, so that's not an option.
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You can go with exFAT since its file size limit is (theoretically) 128 petabytes and, according to the Samsung user guide, "The device supports the FAT and the exFAT file systems for memory cards. When inserting a card formatted in a different file system, the device asks to reformat the memory card." The S4 doesn't support ext4-formatted MicroSD cards, so that's not an option.
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Hi Strephon, any suggestions on how I should go about formatting in exFat? TWRP doesn't have the option & I don't have a card reader. I tried Parted Magic & USB cable option, but can't seem to mount the SD card at all in this program. I'm sure there's an easy way somehow... which is probably right under my nose!
Buy a card reader for your PC and format it there. Windows Vista and later all have exFAT support included.
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Buy a card reader for your PC and format it there. Windows Vista and later all have exFAT support included.
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That would be a little excessive for a once off operation, but I think there might be a pc at my work that has a reader. Thanks though.
Seems silly Android can't just format the sd card itself....
Umm, MicroSD card readers are dirt cheap. You can get ones that plug into the USB port of a PC for around $5. I have one hanging around here somewhere, even though I don't need it as I have a laptop.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Umm, MicroSD card readers are dirt cheap. You can get ones that plug into the USB port of a PC for around $5. I have one hanging around here somewhere, even though I don't need it as I have a laptop.
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LOL. Gues you right!
Hi all,
I have a Galaxy S5 (SM-G900W8) Canadian model. I purchased a 128GB sd card and I'm running into some issues. My S5 can detect the card, and I can copy files to it. But it seems that one I hit roughly 8.08GB of used storage, anything more I add disappears after my phone reboots.
The card was formatted in FAT32 originally. I have tried exFAT but the phone is unable to read the card in this file format. I have also tried NTFS but same results as exFAT.
I have done some research and have seen others with issues regarding 64 and 128GB sd cards with Samsung Galaxy models, but no fix yet (or at least from what I've seen/read).
This card only seems to work in FAT32, but I am unable to use the full capacity of the 128GB sd card in FAT32.
I have a 32GB sd card that works just fine without issues. Not sure what file table the 32GB card is formatted in though as I did not know of this issue until recently when I discovered it so never bothered to check.
Is there a fix for this that I have not found yet? This is quite annoying.
Thanks
Probably a fake.
i dont have problem with Team MicroSD 64GB
you have to format it in your phone (ExFAT), use file explorer in your phone, do not format using PC
Talabis said:
Hi all,
I have a Galaxy S5 (SM-G900W8) Canadian model. I purchased a 128GB sd card and I'm running into some issues. My S5 can detect the card, and I can copy files to it. But it seems that one I hit roughly 8.08GB of used storage, anything more I add disappears after my phone reboots.
The card was formatted in FAT32 originally. I have tried exFAT but the phone is unable to read the card in this file format. I have also tried NTFS but same results as exFAT.
I have done some research and have seen others with issues regarding 64 and 128GB sd cards with Samsung Galaxy models, but no fix yet (or at least from what I've seen/read).
This card only seems to work in FAT32, but I am unable to use the full capacity of the 128GB sd card in FAT32.
I have a 32GB sd card that works just fine without issues. Not sure what file table the 32GB card is formatted in though as I did not know of this issue until recently when I discovered it so never bothered to check.
Is there a fix for this that I have not found yet? This is quite annoying.
Thanks
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What sd card is this because it seems like it's a fake and may not really have all that storage. I've never had any problems with my 64 gb SanDisk micro sd card which I'm currently using.
try PC format
Hi there
You can try minitool partition wizard linkhttps://www.google.dz/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html&ved=0CBwQFjAAahUKEwib9oyKnvfIAhXLfxoKHVSLBKM&usg=AFQjCNFUxEI9jts4JkFFJGh5Osbjjty-uQ
After installation on PC
Connect your sd card to pc and choice fat32 format or other
Reply if this works
yanis488 said:
Hi there
You can try minitool partition wizard linkhttps://www.google.dz/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html&ved=0CBwQFjAAahUKEwib9oyKnvfIAhXLfxoKHVSLBKM&usg=AFQjCNFUxEI9jts4JkFFJGh5Osbjjty-uQ
After installation on PC
Connect your sd card to pc and choice fat32 format or other
Reply if this works
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I downloaded the tool and just used the cleaner. I found problems and then I ran clean & fix and it seems to have solved the problem. Thank you very much.