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32GB SD card issue - validated card as 32gb

I purchased a 32GB micro SD card for my HD2 after my 16GB card died last week. A sad day indeed, but an ideal time to upgrade
I've read a lot of threads on the forum about some people having issues with 32GB cards, and fake cards. This has prompted me to run H2testw, and also try formatting using SDformatterv3.
HD2testw - Verified as OK.
SDformatterv3 - Completes OK.
Now, when I add the newly formatted card to my phone, it mounts, and works fine. No problems at all. I then start to fill up the card with music. I firstly copied about 5GB to the card, and again I had no problems. The card works fine in the phone. I then copied another 10GB to the card. However now I have a problem. With the SD card in the phone, the phone hangs. When the phone is in standby, I press the power button and I get a black screen. If I remove the SD card then it starts to work correctly again.
So, my first thought was, duff card. So, running the programs above verified that the card is OK.
So, I am now wondering if the phone actually supports 32GB correctly (IE, when more than 16GB of data is on the card). I also thought that perhaps the ROM I am using is the problem.
I am running [CWR] BOYPPC-SHIFTPDA_GINGER 2.3.4-Sense.s V25 (24.May) ROM. I see that V35 is the most up to date rom, so perhaps I will need to reflash my phone. I will be testing this later today.
Has anybody else found themselves in a similar scenario, and did you find a solution?
Cheers,

I figured it out. Turns out to be a combination of things.
1) MIUI player locking up when trying to scan newly added music
2) Locking up because of some corrupt files
Tracking down the bad files resovled the problem

Noodleman said:
I figured it out. Turns out to be a combination of things.
1) MIUI player locking up when trying to scan newly added music
2) Locking up because of some corrupt files
Tracking down the bad files resovled the problem
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good to see you solved it, cuz i have a 32 gb class 6 and no problem.
some to notice its that to some ppl a 32 gb class 10 works with some bugs, a class 4 or 6 seems to works better.
PS: if you are a flashaholic like me, you should have partition your sd card with CWM partition option, so you could use some of the beneffits of sd/ext that some ROMs use

So 32 Gb works well with Htc Hd2. But, it depends which company and speed.

msmkt said:
So 32 Gb works well with Htc Hd2. But, it depends which company and speed.
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Yuupp, pretty much it is
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I got a sandisk class 4 32gb card and seems to work well with android and windows phone 7 its part number is SDSDQM-032G-B35

32GB on HD2 issues
msmkt said:
So 32 Gb works well with Htc Hd2. But, it depends which company and speed.
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That's the thing: I bought brand new 32 GB SanDisk and am using MIUI JB. Constantly upgrading with their daily build to new versions to no avail.
Problem: I filled card with my files to listen. Initially it works alright, after some time however I find some folders are gone, some files are gone, things just dissapear from the card.
Now I wonder is it a card, is it a MIUI JB or is it HD2 that got broken after my intensive use. Some electronics burnt down or something.
Does anybody had this issues : combination of HD2 with MIUI JB on 32GB card (NAND or SD - both). Keeps losing files in very consistent manner.
I also checked the card with different software and formatted it many times and re partitioned.
As an experiment I am trying now old 8GB card to make sure if its card or not.

Driving me nuts! SD card issie

I'm on Verizon 4.3
All of a sudden, a few apps are acting up. Es file, cam scan, zedge, and hanging with friends.
I had them on my SD card, but they no longer work, unless I put them on the main memory. Not sure if my SD card just got corrupted, or if the new updates of these apps are screwing with SD card bc of kit cat programming?
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Sd card sounds like it's going bad. Try the Sd on another device.
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I notice it's newly updated apps. Could it have something to do with the apps updating to some kit Kat coding? I know in kit Kat apps to sd card is bonky
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I have the same exact issue and was going crazy for weeks. I also bet that you can delete files, pics, vids, etc, off your memory card and after rebooting they magically reappear. Are you by chance using a 64Gb class 10 card? From what I've found out on here these cards randomly get locked. It's supposedly a Samsung issue that they are aware of and working on some kind of fix for. I know SanDisk will replace the card but who wants the same card when you know it's just a matter of time before it magically gets locked again? I read about one person on here who is on his third SanDisk card.

I've been noticing with Pocket Casts that downloaded pods would just stop playing in the middle and disappear from my queue like I've played the entire podcast. And I do have a 64gb class 10 card.
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Try
Take your scdard, make a folder on your desktop and put all the files in it, Google a SD card formatter and reformat it, that should do it.

musicman625 said:
Take your scdard, make a folder on your desktop and put all the files in it, Google a SD card formatter and reformat it, that should do it.
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I've read on here that many have tried to reformat them in many ways with no luck but thanks for trying to help, I really do appreciate it. I luckily didn't have much on my card and have read that the SanDisk Ultra Cards are nothing but a headache with them randomly and magically becoming locked so the easiest and best thing for me to do is just buy a new card.

format as internal?

been trying to format my samsung 64gb as internal but it keeps getting stuck at 30% and then it says its corrupted. i can only use it as portable storage. whats the deal and how do i fix this?

After you format as portable try formatting as internal again.

fix-this! said:
been trying to format my samsung 64gb as internal but it keeps getting stuck at 30% and then it says its corrupted. i can only use it as portable storage. whats the deal and how do i fix this?
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It takes a while for it to be formatted. My 64GB took a good 5 mins to complete. Just leave it. I found adaptable storage to be very slow compared to internal memory.
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had the same thing got stuck at 30% but then after I restarted my phone it was working and showed as adaptive.

Umm... its' been at 30% for a good hour. I guess time to reboot. Damn buggy process.
So rebooted and now it say corrupted. Trying to format as internal again but it' stuck at 30% again.
I have a Samsung Evo plus.

max1001 said:
Umm... its' been at 30% for a good hour. I guess time to reboot. Damn buggy process.
So rebooted and now it say corrupted. Trying to format as internal again but it' stuck at 30% again.
I have a Samsung Evo plus.
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I had the same issue with SanDisk Class 10 card. I kept on getting an error message," SD Card is too slow for Apps installation." or something similar to this. I switched to a faster card Lexar 128GB card (I happened to have one at home) and it formatted w/o any issues.
Just my personal two cents: It was pain in the neck to use sd card as internal memory as neither of my apps such Titanium Back UP, ROM Manager, AVIA, etc could 'see' the external card or any data previously installed/saved on it. I had to go back and reformat the ext card as portable device for this very reason. Not saying that you should not format it as internal memory but just make an informaed decision. Good Luck!!

Gr8man001 said:
I had the same issue with SanDisk Class 10 card. I kept on getting an error message," SD Card is too slow for Apps installation." or something similar to this. I switched to a faster card Lexar 128GB card (I happened to have one at home) and it formatted w/o any issues.
Just my personal two cents: It was pain in the neck to use sd card as internal memory as neither of my apps such Titanium Back UP, ROM Manager, AVIA, etc could 'see' the external card or any data previously installed/saved on it. I had to go back and reformat the ext card as portable device for this very reason. Not saying that you should not format it as internal memory but just make an informaed decision. Good Luck!!
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I did it for the fourth time and it went. Buggy process indeed.

What happens when you factory reset? Everything gets wiped(ext and int)?
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cruzargel said:
What happens when you factory reset? Everything gets wiped(ext and int)?
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From my only attempt, the SD card becomes unreadable because it was formatted for that specific installation and will have to be reformatted, wiping everything. Would love to hear if anybody had a different experience. I'm currently leaving the SD formatted as portable storage to avoid that situation again.

Solved for Me
I had the same problem with a 128GB PNY UHS 1 card getting stuck at the initial 30% when formatting for internal storage on a Moto G4 plus. I tried everything, but could never get it to work. I had the theory that is was just too big for the phone to format before the software timed out. I bought a 32GB Sandisk Extreme Pro UHS 3 and haven't looked back. The phone formatted it as adoptable storage right away, and it's been working flawlessly ever since.

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I had the same problem with a 128GB PNY UHS 1 card getting stuck at the initial 30% when formatting for internal storage on a Moto G4 plus. I tried everything, but could never get it to work. I had the theory that is was just too big for the phone to format before the software timed out. I bought a 32GB Sandisk Extreme Pro UHS 3 and haven't looked back. The phone formatted it as adoptable storage right away, and it's been working flawlessly ever since.
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I have a Moto X Pure 16 gig with a Samsung 128GB UHS 1 card. It seemed to hang at 30% for a minute, but it finished without problem. Due to other problems I am having with the SD card (I will post those later) I suspect that the SD storage bus speeds may not be adequate. It would explain the timeouts and hangs that have been reported by many.

Weird Issue - MicroSD card inserted results in wonky wifi and other issues

OK. So I bought my S7 Edge two weeks ago. It's been great. Lovely phone. Actually really enjoying the Good Lock + "stock" theme setup.
I bought a Patriot 128gb MicroSDXC card from amazon (https://www.amazon.ca/Patriot-128GB...9579692&sr=8-1&keywords=patriot+128gb+microsd) last week.
At first things seemed fine. I started downloading all my Google Play Music to my sd card. I changed camera storage to the SD card. Great.
Then i started noticing that Google Play Music was sometimes not registering that I had an SD inserted. I had to change my storage to internal card and back to external card to get it to work again (which is a pain because that means transferring all my music back and forth)
Three days ago, I started getting stranger issues. Whenever the microSD card was inserted, my wifi toggle off after a few seconds of downloading from Google Play Music. I would then not be able to toggle it back on until i restarted the phone and paused any Google Play Music downloads. This seemed to progress into an even worse issue where my phone would freeze and become unresponsive while wifi was toggled off (and unable to toggle on due to whatever the heck was going on due to the SD card).
I feared that my phone was a lemon and I would have to send it in. The customer service at Rogers (where i got the phone) knew nothing and said it would be 3-4 weeks for a replacement to arrive or for it ot be repaired (terrible).
As a last ditch effort, I took out my microSD card. Voila. All issues are gone. Wifi does not break after downloading music. No phone freezing.
What gives? Anybody else with this issue? Is it just a faulty SD card? Why would the SD card break the wifi? Do MicroSD cards with this phone often cause wifi issues? It might make sense since the sim card is close to the SD card - perhaps the SD card messes with the modem hardware...
What do you think?
I am currently in the process of returning my SD card to get a samsung card. Maybe that will help. I really hope it is not just my phone as this repair process seems stupid.

Looking at the reviews on Amazon there seems plenty of people moaning about loss of photos etc, having to reformat the card multiple times. I would ditch it and get a SanDisk.
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peter7769 said:
Looking at the reviews on Amazon there seems plenty of people moaning about loss of photos etc, having to reformat the card multiple times. I would ditch it and get a SanDisk.
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Thanks, I'll look into SanDisk options. You using one? 128gb?
Weird that the faulty microsd card would mess up my wifi though... Still don't understand that.

Yeah that is odd, yes I'm using the 128gb and its never missed a beat. Good luck
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Just an update on this.
I got the SanDisk 128gb card and I have had zero issues so far (almost a week now).
Looks like the Patriot 128gb has some issues with the S7 Edge or maybe mine was just faulty.
really weird that it messed with my phone that much though (losing wifi and responsiveness from the phone)

Glad you got it sorted.
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I've been using a Samsung 128Gb Evo+ since April with no issues at all.

Recurring "SD Card encrypted" notification

Does anyone else have an issue with a recurring notification popping up? Android System - SD card encryption - SD card encrypted. I can get it to go away by tapping it, but it comes back an hour or so later (sometimes longer).
I have used this very SD card in my T-Mobile S7 Edge for months (also encrypted) with zero issues until the day I switched to my T-Mobile S8. I've seen many threads out there about this (or similar) SD card notification issues but no definitive answer - some say software issue and some say hardware issue.
if it matters, I encrypted the SD card as soon as I put it into the phone, then applied the latest T-Mobile firmware update (NRD90M.G950USQU1AQD9). Following the advice of other threads, I have since tried decrypting, re-formatting (in the S8), re-encrypting, etc. Same issue. Been able to record 4K clips and 1080P videos on this SD card for almost an hour continuously without issue, so not sure the card is to blame.
I also just installed SD card monitor and can see "EJECT, UNMOUNTED, BAD_REMOVAL, MOUNTED" events occurring over a 3 second period, again and again - about 15 times an hour.
Would appreciate any suggestions!

SD card not supported
I'm getting a similar error. The SD card has been functioning properly for the past 5 days. All of a sudden, I got a notification that the SD card is not supported. In addition, every app that was linked to the SD card vanished! I had to reinstall all of my apps. I would like to know how to fix it. The error keeps on popping up.

I think my problem is the SD card, itself. My computer won't recognize it, either. I just ordered a replacement from Amazon.

nastypup said:
I think my problem is the SD card, itself. My computer won't recognize it, either. I just ordered a replacement from Amazon.
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Glad you figured it out. Maybe it's the card in my case too, and just coincidence that it stopped working the exact time I put it into my S8. I'll get another SD card to test with.

It is not likely to be the card. If the card is encrypted, your computer will not be able to access it.
I took the SD card out of my S7 and put into my Verizon S8. Seemed to work fine for the past few days even though I was seeing the same SD card encrypted Android system notification. Yesterday I moved a number of apps to the SD card. This morning the phone rebooted itself and instantly all of the apps that I had moved over to the SD card were gone. No greyed out icons, no folder references, nothing. Rebooted into safe mode and I get the same SD card encrypted Android system notification. Android system storage can see the card and reports the 10.55GB that has been used from it.

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It is not likely to be the card. If the card is encrypted, your computer will not be able to access it.
I took the SD card out of my S7 and put into my Verizon S8. Seemed to work fine for the past few days even though I was seeing the same SD card encrypted Android system notification. Yesterday I moved a number of apps to the SD card. This morning the phone rebooted itself and instantly all of the apps that I had moved over to the SD card were gone. No greyed out icons, no folder references, nothing. Rebooted into safe mode and I get the same SD card encrypted Android system notification. Android system storage can see the card and reports the 10.55GB that has been used from it.
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Have you tried using SD Card Monitor on your S8? I put my SD card back into my S7E and have been running SD Card Monitor - and not seeing any "EJECT, UNMOUNTED, BAD_REMOVAL, MOUNTED" events there (unlike the 15 per hour on my S8), so becoming disheartened that my S8 needs to go back...

I get the exact same thing, but it only happens when the SD card is encrypted. If I decrypt, everything seems fine

Something is wrong with the way Samsung encrypts sd cards... My s7edge my note7 and now this S8... I encrypt because it makes me feel safer... It works perfect about a week or two... Then all of a sudden after a update or a reboot... The phone and no device can read the card and none of my apps or pics and videos can be found and I have to format the card for it to be iseable.. and this is with two different cards. Idk of it's because after an update the encryption key changes or what but it sucks. That this is 3 generations that this issue has been existent

I'm having the same issue with the notification after encrypting. Battery is also draining pretty rapidly while phone is just sitting idle. Using the Samsung 256gb card that came with $99 Gear VR offer. Used card unencrypted for 3 days no issues, then encrypted it and this issue began. Unencrypting as I type. Not worth the aggravation and battery drain.

I got the 256gb Samsung card that came with the immersion bundle. It repeatedly un-mounts with a "bad_removal" multiple times an hour. This happens whether it is encrypted or not. Each time this results in a notification whenever the card is encrypted. I have formatted on the phone, a full format from windows, and a full format with sdformatter tool. In a 24hr period yesterday it did this 70 times. So yea, I cannot use the card for any apps, as it makes them inaccessible until the phone is rebooted. The whole point of the 256gb card with the immersion bundle was so you could install some of the Oculus VR games there due to their large size. My old SanDisk 64gb card I had in my S7 edge and an old 16gb card i had work fine. I called Samsung and had to talk with the e-commerce dept since this was part of a promo. They have no process for replacing a defective card that is part of a promo, so they had to escalate. I am now waiting to hear back.

FayezZ said:
Glad you figured it out. Maybe it's the card in my case too, and just coincidence that it stopped working the exact time I put it into my S8. I'll get another SD card to test with.
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It's not your card. I bought the SanDisk Micro SD card & installed at the time I upgraded to the Galaxy S8 on Verizon. Of course I want to encrypt my micro SD card when i set up the SD card Now the notification will not go away. I have done everything everyone else has done even checked for updates. NOTHING!!!

TablezZ said:
It's not your card. I bought the SanDisk Micro SD card & installed at the time I upgraded to the Galaxy S8 on Verizon. Of course I want to encrypt my micro SD card when i set up the SD card Now the notification will not go away. I have done everything everyone else has done even checked for updates. NOTHING!!!
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I think it is a problem with encryption. I had a lot of issues getting write access to micro sd with serial apps. Problems disappeared disabling encryption. Tested with two different cards.

robto said:
I think it is a problem with encryption. I had a lot of issues getting write access to micro sd with serial apps. Problems disappeared disabling encryption. Tested with two different cards.
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So you are thinking it's Samsung's encrypt in method on the S8 that is causing every ones problem and there is nothing to do but harrass Samsung for a software update?

TablezZ said:
So you are thinking it's Samsung's encrypt in method on the S8 that is causing every ones problem and there is nothing to do but harrass Samsung for a software update?
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Yes, thats what i am waiting for. I unencrypted my micro sd 5 days ago and seems to be ok so far.
Also, read somewhere that encryption + apps moved to micro sd causes a lot of issues in S8.

robto said:
Yes, thats what i am waiting for. I unencrypted my micro sd 5 days ago and seems to be ok so far.
Also, read somewhere that encryption + apps moved to micro sd causes a lot of issues in S8.
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I never moved any apps to myicro SD card bc it'll cause issues between this app phone and network. The app was not mentioned to be ran off an encrypted external drive. So I get that. Did the SD card actually encrypt correctly? I do not have a PC or another phone to check.
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My real concern is if the card actually encrypted properly and the system UI just needs to be updated to not continuously notify myself of the encrypted SD Card

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TablezZ said:
I never moved any apps to myicro SD card bc it'll cause issues between this app phone and network. The app was not mentioned to be ran off an encrypted external drive. So I get that. Did the SD card actually encrypt correctly? I do not have a PC or another phone to check.
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My real concern is if the card actually encrypted properly and the system UI just needs to be updated to not continuously notify myself of the encrypted SD Card
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The problem is actually a lot worse than you guys think. It's not just with encryption, initially that is what I thought as well. But, turns out the notifications don't happen when it's not encrypted. What's actually happening is the card is ejecting nonstop every time you get that notification and then remounting itself. This is an ongoing big widespread problem. Download 'SD Card Monitor' from Google Play and you'll soon find out that's exactly what it's doing. Complain here on the Samsung forum about this issue, it is now pages and pages long. Unfortunately I can't drop the link because I'm new here sooo just search samsung forums (samsung.community) yourself and it will be one thats above 15 pages long. To clarify this is happening even when it is not encrypted you just don't know it.

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The problem is actually a lot worse than you guys think. It's not just with encryption, initially that is what I thought as well. But, turns out the notifications don't happen when it's not encrypted. What's actually happening is the card is ejecting nonstop every time you get that notification and then remounting itself. This is an ongoing big widespread problem. Download 'SD Card Monitor' from Google Play and you'll soon find out that's exactly what it's doing. Complain here on the Samsung forum about this issue, it is now pages and pages long. Unfortunately I can't drop the link because I'm new here sooo just search samsung forums (samsung.community) yourself and it will be one thats above 15 pages long. To clarify this is happening even when it is not encrypted you just don't know it.
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Fantastic! Some call the chaiman of Samsung.....oh yeah he's in jail.

TablezZ said:
Fantastic! Some call the chaiman of Samsung.....oh yeah he's in jail.
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Yepppp. The more I'm looking into this issue though, the more it seems like an unfortunate hardware issue. It's certainly happening on many phones and probably many more, but not all of them. It's not any apps I've installed or anything, so your guess is as good as mine at this point. I've done every test imaginable and I'm coming up empty. Also, if you bother to waste your time calling Samsung they wont do a thing. They will just say to send your phone in and wait up to 14 days to get it back with either a new phone or a fix. If I know anything further I'll be sure to update this forum or you can just go to the Samsung one.

Your amazing! & I completely agree with your findings as I can not find a problem with the apps etc. Last year phones blowing up this year hardware software synergy problems what's next, the iris scanner is going to fry your retinas blind? ??

TablezZ said:
Your amazing! & I completely agree with your findings as I can not find a problem with the apps etc. Last year phones blowing up this year hardware software synergy problems what's next, the iris scanner is going to fry your retinas blind? ??
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Who knows! haha I mean it COULD be a firemware/software issue that will be resolves in the coming weeks/months...years LOL. As I recall the s7s had similar problem with the SD card notifications and it was never clearly stated whether it was a hardware or firmware issue. Some carriers just hid the notifications and that was that. Samsung didn't do much of anything about it or acknowledge it in a proper manner. I've done about 20 tests so far and will be doing more eventually just kind of taking a break. It's just a very strange problem because the phones read the info just fine it just doesn't STAY mounted.