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SDHC card problem

I have a problem with 16 GB SDHC cards. I'm using nFinityROM 1.15 and when I insert an SDHC card it works for a couple of hours and then it just says something like unrecognized file system. When I remove and reinsert the card it says “Damaged SD card”. I cannot format the card with the phone (nothing happens) and my computer does not even recognize it.
I have tried two different brands (not budget cards) and the result is the same, an ordinary SD card works though.
I figured it could have something to do with the rom so I unrooted the phone and bought a 4 GB SDHC card and it have now worked for two days.
Does anyone else experience the same problem?
Have anyone tried nFinityROM 1.15 with an SDHC card?
Have anyone tried any 2.2 or 2.x rom with an SDHC card?

Wrong post
this post not related to tattoo general should move to tattoo accessories

Gee, thanks, nice of you to at least answer the questions while you bother with posting
Sorry for posting in the wrong part of the forum, if I could move it I would.

A lot of us here have 8 GB, but don't know about 16 GB. That is 8 times the capacity of the HDD in my old laptop!

I have just switched from nFinity1.18 and had no problems with my 16gb card.
I have just flashed nFinityGB-0.5 and still have no issues. Either upgrade to Nfinity 1.18 or you could try formatting the SD card to see if it resolves the issue (don't forget to format FAT32 and back it up first.
hope this helps.

I have tested and noticed that memory cards that are class 4 speed/specification do not work on the phone, so you should check that out.

Do the cards still work on other devices? I had a similar problem where my HTC Tattoo (unrooted back then) kept permanently corrupting memory cards: it fried any card I inserted in like 2 weeks. I had to send it back to HTC and they replaced all the internals. If your problem sounds similar, I'd check your warranty and send it back to HTC so they can fix it for you. Don't forget to revert to the original (unrooted) RUU. Good luck!

This sometimes happens to me. I have a 4GB card. So I don't think this is a issue on the SD card.

Thanks for the answers
The SD cards became totaly fried, did not work at all. After reflashing to stock and the 4 GB card had worked for like 4 days I rooted and flashed nFinity 1.18 and the 4GB card have worked since. I will use it as long as it works, if it breaks then I will send the phone to HTC.
whosnext13 said:
I have tested and noticed that memory cards that are class 4 speed/specification do not work on the phone, so you should check that out.
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All SDHC cards I have tried is class 2 cards.

I'd the same issue with my 16GB cards so I switch to my 4GB and it had work for 6 month ( 2 weeks on nFinity Rom)
My 16 Gb cards works fine on my daughters Huawei phone :-(
Maybe try to buy a budget 16GB card class 2 card?
Or maybe 8GB card will work on Tattoo.
Need more space for music and Navigon

Zircop said:
Thanks for the answers
The SD cards became totaly fried, did not work at all. After reflashing to stock and the 4 GB card had worked for like 4 days I rooted and flashed nFinity 1.18 and the 4GB card have worked since. I will use it as long as it works, if it breaks then I will send the phone to HTC.
All SDHC cards I have tried is class 2 cards.
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Still working?
Because my girlfriends Tattoo killed 3 SD Cards (Class 2 8GB SanDisk). And the Tattoo from her brother killed SD Cards too. Only the stock (came with it) works. Buut it´s only 2GB Class 2.
Have no money to try more cards...
So would be nice to know, if it´s because of a wrong ROM...

The 4GB card (class 2) is still working like a charm
I have no idea why the cards get fried but I don't think the rom matters. My card has survived arcos roms, nFinityROM (Froyo) and nFinityGB (Gingerbread) and ofcourse the stock rom. My guess is that it has to do with the hardware but I don't know.
btw have you tried to return the cards to the store? I changed my cards when they got fried. They braged about "life time guaranty" so they hade no choice when I showed up with a fried card

dergago said:
Still working?
Because my girlfriends Tattoo killed 3 SD Cards (Class 2 8GB SanDisk). And the Tattoo from her brother killed SD Cards too. Only the stock (came with it) works. Buut it´s only 2GB Class 2.
Have no money to try more cards...
So would be nice to know, if it´s because of a wrong ROM...
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I simply can't use my original sdhc 8gb class2.
I'm now using a 1gb class 1, cuz the 8gb won't work for more than 2 hours.

yankhor said:
I simply can't use my original sdhc 8gb class2.
I'm now using a 1gb class 1, cuz the 8gb won't work for more than 2 hours.
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My 8GB Class 4 Kingston card has been working faithfully for the past 2 years without any trouble. I have used stock, HCDR, Pancake, SPQrom, nFinity and now CM7.

sunitknandi said:
My 8GB Class 4 Kingston card has been working faithfully for the past 2 years without any trouble. I have used stock, HCDR, Pancake, SPQrom, nFinity and now CM7.
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i'm using cm7 now with my 1gb.
I also created a goldcard with the 8gb but still got reading problems.
I'm gonna get a 8gb class 4+ next month. Not sure if it's the class that is causing trouble, but...

yankhor said:
i'm using cm7 now with my 1gb.
I also created a goldcard with the 8gb but still got reading problems.
I'm gonna get a 8gb class 4+ next month. Not sure if it's the class that is causing trouble, but...
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My goldcard never worked with my 8GB, it used to get corrupt. I found an old 512MB card from an older phone and made it a goldcard. It worked fine.
Then I formatted my 8GB and use it as a general purpose storage.
BTW, I format with GParted on Ubuntu and never have problems with read/write on phone.

But... what is the problem? Does the tattoo give problems with fast cards or slow cards?
And.. in your opinion, will a "patch" in the ROM fix this? i mean if the SD driver is rewritten including a limitation to the speed, will it work?
I have a 8GB SDHC card (i don't remember the class but i will test it with crystaldiskmark) that seldom works..

[Q] Mysterious Issues with Patriot microSD card

I recently bought a Patriot 16GB Micro SDHC LX Class 10 card for my I9000 Galaxy S. The one problem I have had is that it does not recognize my card at all. I have done everything from FAT32 formatting to formatting as FAT32 without LBA. However, I do not believe that the microSD itself is faulty. My old Nokia E63 can read and write to this microSDHC perfectly well, even though the E63 officially only supports cards up to 8 GB. Windows can also read and write to the microSDHC card perfectly. Is there any known issues with Galaxy S and Class 10 cards? I thought Galaxy S can support any microSD card up to 32 GB. I have contacted Patriot to return the card but I'd rather get it working if possible. I am currently using an old 8 GB class 4 kingston microsdhc on the galaxy S and it works well. So, it seems that there is some incompatibility between the Galaxy S and specifically the Class 10 Patriot because they both work well independently.
1. Does anyone know why this happens?
2. I am now looking for another good microSD card, with at least 16GB. Is there any that is recommended and definitely known to work with Galaxy S?

icekin said:
2. I am now looking for another good microSD card, with at least 16GB. Is there any that is recommended and definitely known to work with Galaxy S?
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I used a class 4 Trancend 16GB and now I am using a class 10 Kingston 32GB without problem...

HI
Just a comment about Patriot Warranty be very patient it took me 2 months and lots of *****ing to get a replacement

I don't think so. I have the same Patriot SDHC 10 class 16GB on my Galaxy SCL (i9003) and they work perfectly fine with each other, apart from 3 damaged images from the gallery so far. Anyway, they it does recognise the card.

jimg1948 said:
HI
Just a comment about Patriot Warranty be very patient it took me 2 months and lots of *****ing to get a replacement
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You might be right, I filed a request last week and I am still waiting for them to contact me. Sad, because my Patriot USB Drive works great. Bad Customer service from Patriot.

I was initially wondering if it had something to do with the ROM I am using. I tried the card using Cyanogen 7.1.0-RC1 and now with Darky's EE 10.2 JVQ, but no luck. Plus, it doesn't make sense that the ROM would have something to do with this.

icekin said:
I was initially wondering if it had something to do with the ROM I am using. I tried the card using Cyanogen 7.1.0-RC1 and now with Darky's EE 10.2 JVQ, but no luck. Plus, it doesn't make sense that the ROM would have something to do with this.
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I got a 32 gig stage 4 micro sd card patriot and same thing I cant write to it. I can write it on the computer, on my s2 BUT NOT ON my S3 damit a few times I got it working then stopped.... dunno wtf... how can work on s2 not s3

[Q] OB get freeze sometimes on 8GB sdcard fat32

hello
i had bought a new optimus black as u know it came with 2GB SDcard /FAT and in this case i never had a problem
after that i bought a new SD card 8 GB /FAT 32 and in this case i faced freezing problem during game loading or system loading also gallery cannot show all thumbnails
tried to change the sd card with another brand and i faced the same problem ... i tried different rom like cm7,nova,stock rom and in all of them i faced the same problem with 8GB SDCARd
please help !!!

What class is your sdcard ?
If is under class 4 that is the problem. You answered yourself when told that tried with nova, cm7 and the problem is still there. Try a class 8 or 10 for best performance.

scamex said:
What class is your sdcard ?
If is under class 4 that is the problem. You answered yourself when told that tried with nova, cm7 and the problem is still there. Try a class 8 or 10 for best performance.
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But I have class 2 16gb memory card...and my ob hasn't freezed not once.
You could try 'sd speed increase' or 'sd booster' from android market, which need root. Set it for 2048kb for best perfomance
Sent from my LG-P970 using xda premium

Does anyone know which class is the 2GB MicroSD that comes with LG Optimus Black?
Because I'm using it right now and every time I turn on my OB it loads microSD very slowly.. It takes few minutes.. Is it normal?
I'm planning to buy a new microSD for my OB on ebay, What do you recommend me to buy: high class 8GB microSD or low class 16GB?

scamex said:
What class is your sdcard ?
If is under class 4 that is the problem. You answered yourself when told that tried with nova, cm7 and the problem is still there. Try a class 8 or 10 for best performance.
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there's no class stamped on both of my cards 2gb nor 8gb
i tried sd card booster with option 2048 kbps i though and nothing changed

TheGripper said:
But I have class 2 16gb memory card...and my ob hasn't freezed not once.
You could try 'sd speed increase' or 'sd booster' from android market, which need root. Set it for 2048kb for best perfomance
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i tried sd card booster with option 2048 kbps i though and nothing changed
now it only shows checking sd card for errors takes forever with freezing ufffff

I bought a Class 4 8GB microSD recently. I faced the same problem so I sold it to someone else

using class 10 16gb and no problem at all. Have it about 2 weeks already

Using Class 10 32GB about 3 weeks and no problem!

[Q] MicroSD Card for Nexus One

I have the stock microSD card that came with the Nexus One (4gb class 2) and I am looking to replace it with a higher capacity and higher class microSD card.
I am looking at a 16gb class 10 microSD card for this purpose. Will this be compatible with the Nexus One?
AFAIK class 10 cards are SDHC cards. Does Nexus One recognize SDHC cards?
I have read some compatibility issues with a 32gb class 10 card, but not 16gb class 10 card.
Also, I will be partitioning 4gb with EXT4 file system (for mount2sd reverse mount) and the rest FAT32 for normal use. Will class 10 card work with both these file formats and will mount2sd work?
Or would a class 6 card be better for speed and compatibility?
Thanks for helping.

viditbhargava said:
I have the stock microSD card that came with the Nexus One (4gb class 2) and I am looking to replace it with a higher capacity and higher class microSD card.
I am looking at a 16gb class 10 microSD card for this purpose. Will this be compatible with the Nexus One?
AFAIK class 10 cards are SDHC cards. Does Nexus One recognize SDHC cards?
I have read some compatibility issues with a 32gb class 10 card, but not 16gb class 10 card.
Also, I will be partitioning 4gb with EXT4 file system (for mount2sd reverse mount) and the rest FAT32 for normal use. Will class 10 card work with both these file formats and will mount2sd work?
Or would a class 6 card be better for speed and compatibility?
Thanks for helping.
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Any microsd card will work. If you intend to use it with xdata then higher class will hep. SDHC card can't fit into microSD slot
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taodan said:
Any microsd card will work. If you intend to use it with xdata then higher class will hep. SDHC card can't fit into microSD slot
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The class 10 MicroSD cards are all SDHC category cards. That's what I meant.
Anyways, thanks for your help. I will get the 16GB class 10.

viditbhargava said:
The class 10 MicroSD cards are all SDHC category cards. That's what I meant.
Anyways, thanks for your help. I will get the 16GB class 10.[/Q
SDHC card can't fit into microSD slot !! Micro-SDHC card will work :good: .
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The HC in microSDHC, miniSDHC, SDHC, only means that the card has a high capacity (4 - 32 GB). According to the official manual, the Nexus One should support microSD cards up to 32 GB.

I have a SanDisk 32 GB microSD class 10 in my Nexus One and it has been doing great for quite some time! Runs smooth and with no hassles. I don't see why you would have any issues with a 16 GB.

using samsung brand
Hi
bought the fastest class 10 (samsung brand) 16gb with the highest writing rate I could find, and using the latest 4.2.2 rom it is faster than the stock version. simply amazing.
invest in good speed. it's worth every penny

[Q] What SD card you use? ZR destroys cards

Hey everyone. I started my ZR with an older (don't remember the brand) 8G class 6 memory card. All was fine for 2 weeks.
Then I bought a Kingstone 16G class 10. After 2 days, error message "SD Card unexpectedly removed". The card was dead, no computer could read it anymore.
I went back to the store and changed my card. Another Kingstone 16G class 10. After exactly 2 days, the same error. Card is completely dead. I cannot go back to the store, because they checked the second one and it was working fine.
I am sure the phone somehow destroys the cards. But the first one I used seems to be fine.
My question is: What memory cards do you use? Should I try a card with a different brand, a different capacity or a different class?
Thanks!

SanDisk 32GB class 10 UHS. Haven't any problems with mine.
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I'm now also using SanDisk 32GB UHS-I. Speed is very good and stable. I have 2 dead Kingston SD already so I would avoid them.

64GB MicroSDHC Class 10
64GB MicroSDHC Class 10
I did have a SD has been removed failure once but that i think i restarted and it was ok.

Using a SanDisk Mobile Ultra MicroSD Card 64GB Class 10 UHS 1 (not plugging SanDisk or anything. I just copy pasted from the email confirmation after I ordered it). Been over a month and no issues so far.
I think Kingston has issues. Bought a 16 gb one from them and it packed up in a week. My dealer replaced it and cautioned me never to buy them as though cheap, they're prone to failure. I then bought a SanDisk and have been using them ever since
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I use a Samsung 32GB Class 10.
It's great, fast and didn't cost that much at the time. I think it cost me € 31,- at the time.
That was 1,5 years back or so and now there are really cheap.:highfive:
Big capacity and high speed, so you can watch series/movies on your ZR!

I use a Transcend 32GB class 4 and it's working fine without any problems.
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Got a SanDisk 64Gb Class 10 UHS. Works extremely well with the ZR. Never had a problem with any SD cards that I've owned till now.
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I use a sandisk 8GB Class 10 microsd. Works smooth.

tudork said:
Hey everyone. I started my ZR with an older (don't remember the brand) 8G class 6 memory card. All was fine for 2 weeks.
Then I bought a Kingstone 16G class 10. After 2 days, error message "SD Card unexpectedly removed". The card was dead, no computer could read it anymore.
I went back to the store and changed my card. Another Kingstone 16G class 10. After exactly 2 days, the same error. Card is completely dead. I cannot go back to the store, because they checked the second one and it was working fine.
I am sure the phone somehow destroys the cards. But the first one I used seems to be fine.
My question is: What memory cards do you use? Should I try a card with a different brand, a different capacity or a different class?
Thanks!
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What sdcard are you using now?
Previously I said my Sandisk 32GB class 10 card is fine. But after upgrading to 4.2.2, I was having similar issue as yours. First there was "SD Card removed unexpectedly" message appear. Today my card is not recognized by the phone anymore. Though it's still working fine in PC and other phone.
Similar issues have been reported by users of other Xperia phones as well. Some Xperia L users said the problem is fixed after upgrading their firmware which was released a few days ago.

im using samsung 32gb class 10 with no issues so far.
http://www.samsung.com/in/consumer/memory-storage/memory-cards/micro-sdhc-plus/MB-MPBGC/CN
and im on 4.2.2

So it looks like it's a problem of class 10? Hmmm. I wish I knew the exact problem before I buy another one.
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Using Sandisk 16gb class 10 Ultra HC - 0 problems,fast and stable

Last night I switched to my old Kingston 32GB class 10 because my Sandisk 32GB UHS-I can no longer be recognized by the phone, thought it still works fine in my PC and old phone. So far zero "unexpected removal" has been detected. Interestingly, I bought this Sandisk sdcard a few months back because the Kingston was not working properly in my previous phone (HTC Incredible S).
So this post starts to make sense. Maybe class 10 cards doesn't play well with smartphones after all.

I have a SANDISK Ultra microSDHC Card UHS-I, Class 10, 32GB for Android.
So far I have no problems with it, so I don't know if it's the same SD like you were using @itandy.

I have the same one too man but no problems here I've even been flashing back and forth between firmwares testing out different regions. If you still have the warranty you should try get a replacement.
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I doubt it's the problem of my Sandisk card since it's working great in PC and in my old phone. In fact, when I first saw this post my reaction is the same. It must be your sdcard. But now I'm not so sure. I'm very surprised when I Googled about the issue and found many people are having similar issue with different Xperia phones. Specifically the latest Xperia L firmware fixed issue with class 10 sdcard too.

SanDisk 64Gb Class 10 UHS

@a546109781
Did u face any lag issues or bugs with this card bro?
Cuz i heard with a 64gb micSD the device start to working little bit slow..
Still here
N!geR -> E!ch0

E!ch0 said:
@a546109781
Did u face any lag issues or bugs with this card bro?
Cuz i heard with a 64gb micSD the device starting to working little bit slow..
Still here
N!geR -> E!ch0
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yes..there is a little delay, but I can be acceptable...
soryy my poor english