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Memory Card Problem

Hi guys!! i'm currently using a 2GB MICRO SD card on my hima..i used an adapter so it would fit in..it works..and it's faster than the SD card that i used before..then, i tried to use a 4GB micro SD card..take note, just an SD not an SDHC..but it didn't work..could any1 give an explanation for this? same brand but 4GB micro didn't work..

the Himalaya Hardware doesent support 4gb cards, be it SD or SDHC

ather90 said:
the Himalaya Hardware doesent support 4gb cards, be it SD or SDHC
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that hurts..i thought it could support up to 4GB..i just wasted money in buying that card then

ather90 said:
the Himalaya Hardware doesent support 4gb cards, be it SD or SDHC
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Thats not right! I am running a 4GB Transcend 150x NonSDHC for years now!
Teijak

Teijak said:
Thats not right! I am running a 4GB Transcend 150x NonSDHC for years now!
Teijak
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I mean i'm using a MICRO SD instead of an SD card..2GB works fine but 4GB won't..same brand..

gtrix said:
I mean i'm using a MICRO SD instead of an SD card..2GB works fine but 4GB won't..same brand..
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Are you sure that your card is not a sdhc card? The card will never work. But if it is a normal sd card you should try to format with fat 16.
I believe all 4gb micro cards are sdhc cards.
Teijak

Teijak said:
Are you sure that your card is not a sdhc card? The card will never work. But if it is a normal sd card you should try to format with fat 16.
I believe all 4gb micro cards are sdhc cards.
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it's a regular 4GB card..i've checked it with a retailer / technician..maybe i should try to format it first..i'll post the result..

no option for fat16...just fat32...so disappointed

gtrix said:
no option for fat16...just fat32...so disappointed
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Hi below a picture how i did it, i have a german windows i hope you find the Volume Management in the controlcenter there you have the option for only fat.
Teijak

Teijak said:
Hi below a picture how i did it, i have a german windows i hope you find the Volume Management in the controlcenter there you have the option for only fat.
Teijak
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il try dat as soon as i can..il post d result..tnx 4 ur help bro

Teijak said:
Hi below a picture how i did it, i have a german windows i hope you find the Volume Management in the controlcenter there you have the option for only fat.
Teijak
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can't seem to find the volume management..could you give me a walkthrough for that? tnx

i was able to format it to fat only but still, it can't be detected by my hima..

Hi gtrix,
try to use "SDFormatter 2.0.0.3" for your sd card.

BOBO_01 said:
Hi gtrix,
try to use "SDFormatter 2.0.0.3" for your sd card.
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lemme try that..tnx bro..

BOBO_01 said:
Hi gtrix,
try to use "SDFormatter 2.0.0.3" for your sd card.
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it didn't work my friend..it's just the same as the normal way of formatting..

Adapter might not work?
gtrix said:
Hi guys!! i'm currently using a 2GB MICRO SD card on my hima..i used an adapter so it would fit in..it works..and it's faster than the SD card that i used before..then, i tried to use a 4GB micro SD card..take note, just an SD not an SDHC..but it didn't work..could any1 give an explanation for this? same brand but 4GB micro didn't work..
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Try to use the microSD-adapter of the 2GB card, which worked in that combination, together with the 4GB card.
Don't know, might work, if there is a prob with the adapter.

hey all u guys i wanna clear u that fat(fat16) can address only upto 2 gb so none of ur 4 gb card get formatted as fat16. u need to faormat it using fat32. And himalya's hardware does not support fat32 addressing.
Few months back i hv also purchased a 4gb non sdhc card and a 8gb non sdhc card but none of them work on hima. by diffrent formatting method i hv managed to get 4gb on hima but I was not able to access any file which i hv putted after 2gb of memory so rest 2gb are useless.
and My prophet g4 can access both the cards but most of time i hv to face a lot of card errors and need format the card to avoid them.
Final result
DONT BUY LARGE CAPACITY CARDS UNTIL THEY R SDHC CAUSE FAT16 CANT ADDRESS THEM.

Oops!
Bought a FORMEL1 Secure Digital Professional 4GB about 2h ago;
took it right out of the box without any formatting;
put the navigation software, some pictures, mp3s and videos on it
and thats the way my memory looks like now.
And- by the way - it seems I am able to access all the files!

Dr.Chaos said:
Oops!
Bought a FORMEL1 Secure Digital Professional 4GB about 2h ago;
took it right out of the box without any formatting;
put the navigation software, some pictures, mp3s and videos on it
and thats the way my memory looks like now.
And- by the way - it seems I am able to access all the files!
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like i said my friend, i'm trying to use MICRO sd card..i was able to format it to fat 16 but still it can't be detected by my hima..tried to use other adapters but didn't work..

Dr.Chaos said:
Oops!
Bought a FORMEL1 Secure Digital Professional 4GB about 2h ago;
took it right out of the box without any formatting;
put the navigation software, some pictures, mp3s and videos on it
and thats the way my memory looks like now.
And- by the way - it seems I am able to access all the files!
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Sorry for this but i m pretty sure that u will report the bugs soon. CAUSE
no body here think that y all memory master company like Sandisk, kingston, transcend etc. do not manufacture the 4gb sd card instead of 4gb sdhc.
AND if someone found any non sdhc card above 2gb from these companies plz ask the retailer for WARRANTY as 3 or 5 years and try to register the card on site. u will know the fact.

SD Card slot - WiFi Version

Does the SD slot on the Dell Streak 7 wifi version support MicroSD with the Adapter or just SDHC cards? If both, is one recommended over the other. Also what is the biggest capacity card that the slot will work with (ex. 16GB, 32GB,...). Thanks.

You can go up to 32 gigs on the tablet and yes you can use a micro with the adapter also I would use a HS card the speeds are a little faster
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The hc stands for high capacity that's all but the HS is high speed the one I am using is a 16gig hdhs. It's a high definition high speed, you can get great deals on them at radio shack right now!!
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Do you mean 32 gig total? Meaning the 16 gig that's already present would only allow another 16 gig on the Streak 7 or another 32 gig on top of the 16?

andunn said:
Do you mean 32 gig total? Meaning the 16 gig that's already present would only allow another 16 gig on the Streak 7 or another 32 gig on top of the 16?
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I have tested a 32gb in my streak and it works fine, so that is a total of 48gb give or take ...

is possible to split a 64GB SD ???

That might require adding to the vold. fstab. But possible

Got working vold.fstab?
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That might require adding to the vold. fstab. But possible
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I've got my DS7 running android 3.2 (honeystrk R8) and my external SD shows up in recovery but doesn't mount and is not accessible by titanium or other programs including the file explorer.
I am thinking it is an issue with my vold.fstab file.
Does anyone have a vold.fstab that is working on the DS7.
Currently I have just a 4GB sd installed in the external slot but I was wanting to put in a larger one.
Hopefully a guru (maybe giveen) can help me out.
Thanks

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I've got my DS7 running android 3.2 (honeystrk R8) and my external SD shows up in recovery but doesn't mount and is not accessible by titanium or other programs including the file explorer.
I am thinking it is an issue with my vold.fstab file.
Does anyone have a vold.fstab that is working on the DS7.
Currently I have just a 4GB sd installed in the external slot but I was wanting to put in a larger one.
Hopefully a guru (maybe giveen) can help me out.
Thanks
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i am also have an issue with my SD card, i have 4 cards total 1: 1gig full size sd card works perfect, the others are all microsd cards ranging from 8, 16 and 32 gigs all the microsd cards work fine in my EVO 3d but the streak 7 does not read the cards. what can i do to make the microsd cards with adapters be read in my streak. i am rooted running streakdroid hd7 2.0

64GB microsdxc not compatible with the Tab

So it seems that the Kingmax 64gb microsdxc card doesn't work with the Tab. Hardly unexpected but hey you never know until you try. It just keeps asking me to format it over and over again.
Oh well, it works fine on my gs2

As far as i know, the tab only support 32GB sdcard.

More specifically, the microsdhc spec supports up to 32gb. Usually when they say a device only supports 32gb it's because it uses this spec so it implies this limit. But some newer devices specifiy microsdhc however they can use more than the 32gb limit. So that was my hope here.

Got it, so is a limitation about the sdcard tec, not a limit of tab hardware...

Well maybe both. Who knows. Maybe it's a good excuse for me to start cooking roms and writing kernels.

Back in the day...
Back in the old days, my old HTC XDA Exec, was not compatible with the new fangled technology of SDHC, and was only able to read SD until some enterprizing folks here at XDA created some updated drivers for it.
Remember the form factor is identical, only the file system (I believe, I may be wrong) of the SD/SDHC/SDXC system changes.
Hopefully someone can get the drivers from a device that does support SDXC to work with the Tabs SDHC reader.

I think your hardware actually has to support the new format, not just the software. My guess is that your old HTC actually supported SDHC at the hardware level, just not at the software level yet. I have a card reader in my desktop as well as one in my laptop that will only read SD, not SDHC, regardless of the size. I am pretty sure SDHC slots will never be able to read SDXC unless the hardware was actually built to support it, but we'll see.

What are you filling your Tab with?
I have been using my tab for over 6 months now and still have not used over 4GB, so the 16GB it has internally was always more than enough. I wonder what all of you are using the space for? Are you loading it with movies & Music or what else?
Any way you can always get the connector to attach a USB storage to your tablet and plugin an extra storage when needed. I mean you can archive your old movies & music to an external USB Drive!

digg1980 said:
I have been using my tab for over 6 months now and still have not used over 4GB, so the 16GB it has internally was always more than enough. I wonder what all of you are using the space for? Are you loading it with movies & Music or what else?
Any way you can always get the connector to attach a USB storage to your tablet and plugin an extra storage when needed. I mean you can archive your old movies & music to an external USB Drive!
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Yeah, but who the $*%& want's to carry around an external when it could all be internal
Another idea, and I read through the thread and didn't see this mentioned. Would it matter if the card was broken up into two 32GB partitions?
This just made me think of this, does anyone know a partition type for android that would allow file transfer to SD Card over 4 GB? I've always thought that was a FAT limitation (which it is) but hadn't considered other supported format types that might allow for the bigger transfers but also be recognized by Android.
Now that's a burning question!

Most roms are ext4. Try using that. Downside, your windows boxes won't support these out of box

Thanks for the advice about the custom rom. I might give that a shot.
As for why I use this much, this tab is my car stereo so that means lots of music and movies for long trips. It's easy to eat up a lot of space that way.

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Most roms are ext4. Try using that. Downside, your windows boxes won't support these out of box
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Tried it, didn't work because I think Android is expecting it to be FAT32 when it's inserted. I wonder if there is a ROM out that would allow for EXT4 SD cards instead of having to use FAT32? Anyone heard of anything like that?

matt.wolfley said:
Tried it, didn't work because I think Android is expecting it to be FAT32 when it's inserted. I wonder if there is a ROM out that would allow for EXT4 SD cards instead of having to use FAT32? Anyone heard of anything like that?
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My understanding of this might not be correct but I think fat32 shouldn't be an issue. The 64gb card I got is fat32 and my gs2 seems to use it fine.

matt.wolfley said:
Tried it, didn't work because I think Android is expecting it to be FAT32 when it's inserted. I wonder if there is a ROM out that would allow for EXT4 SD cards instead of having to use FAT32? Anyone heard of anything like that?
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Also, which custom rom did you use?

cruton said:
My understanding of this might not be correct but I think fat32 shouldn't be an issue. The 64gb card I got is fat32 and my gs2 seems to use it fine.
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Sorry, I kinda hijacked your thread. I was just thinking if you created two 32 GB partitions to see if it was a capacity limitation. I'm not using a custom rom right now, I was just wondering if there was a rom that would allow you to use ext4 on an as card for large file transfer. 64 GB would do me little good without alleviating the limitations of fat 32.
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I think TAB support maximum SD card is 32G... or u can try different format, it might be work....

Well after much wrestling with Odin I managed to flash Roderick's ef17 kernel and now the 64gb card works, Sky Wizard be praised!!
I don't know if it was the kernel or if my Tab was messed up. And video seems choppy, I'm not sure if it's a slow card or something else yet.

Does the usb dongle support 64GB USB Drives, and other questions?

1.) I only hear people talking about 32gb flash drive versions, is there a reason for this?
2.) I also see that a USB sd card reader is an option. Should I get a USB flash drive or a SD card reader? Is price the only consideration there?
3.) One more question, with these cases like the rooCASE Multi-Angle and similar, do you think there will be room in the back of the case to stick the USB drive into the case so it doesn't hang out? Is this what people are doing?
Thanks!

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thename1000 said:
1.) I only hear people talking about 32gb flash drive versions, is there a reason for this?
2.) I also see that a USB sd card reader is an option. Should I get a USB flash drive or a SD card reader? Is price the only consideration there?
3.) One more question, with these cases like the rooCASE Multi-Angle and similar, do you think there will be room in the back of the case to stick the USB drive into the case so it doesn't hang out? Is this what people are doing?
Thanks!
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32GB is the max for FAT32. 64 GB sticks are usually formatted exFAT. My Acer A200 cannot use exFAT with its full sized usb host port, to my dismay.
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32GB is the max for FAT32. 64 GB sticks are usually formatted exFAT. My Acer A200 cannot use exFAT with its full sized usb host port, to my dismay.
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TY very much sir, that clears that up, does anyone have any answers/suggestions to the other two questions?

2.) I also see that a USB sd card reader is an option. Should I get a USB flash drive or a SD card reader? Is price the only consideration there?
3.) One more question, with these cases like the rooCASE Multi-Angle and similar, do you think there will be room in the back of the case to stick the USB drive into the case so it doesn't hang out? Is this what people are doing?
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thename1000 said:
2.) I also see that a USB sd card reader is an option. Should I get a USB flash drive or a SD card reader? Is price the only consideration there?
3.) One more question, with these cases like the rooCASE Multi-Angle and similar, do you think there will be room in the back of the case to stick the USB drive into the case so it doesn't hang out? Is this what people are doing?
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2. up to you depending on which one is more portable.
3. if there isnt, you can always buy velcro strips and just stick your usb stick to the case via velcro.

I'm using a 64 GB one now, no issues with stickmount at all
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brizey said:
32GB is the max for FAT32. 64 GB sticks are usually formatted exFAT. My Acer A200 cannot use exFAT with its full sized usb host port, to my dismay.
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Sorry but that is incorrect. FAT32 can support much larger than 32GB. Many external HDD's that are sold and pre-formatted are done with FAT32. The limitation you are thinking of goes back to Windows 2000 FAT32 driver which couldn't create a partition larger than 32GB but could access a partition larger than 32GB.

goofball2k said:
Sorry but that is incorrect. FAT32 can support much larger than 32GB. Many external HDD's that are sold and pre-formatted are done with FAT32. The limitation you are thinking of goes back to Windows 2000 FAT32 driver which couldn't create a partition larger than 32GB but could access a partition larger than 32GB.
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Correct! :good:

Phones Memory card suddenly stopped working?

So I was just taking some pictures with my Xperia T, after a few shots, the camera app said it couldn't save the pictures because there was no memory card installed.
I have a 32GB Kingston memory card that's worked flawlessly since I bought it and has never been taken out of the phone since purchase.
How do I fix this?
Thanks for any help guys.
EDIT; the SD card doesn't show up in Windows/ doesn't show up in settings > storage/ can't run Chkdsk on it/ fails to work in Recovery.

Try formatting it. If not im guessing the hardware has problems.

Erica Law said:
Try formatting it. If not im guessing the hardware has problems.
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Formatting it through what? it doesn't show up in Windows or through the phone.

trojan92 said:
Formatting it through what? it doesn't show up in Windows or through the phone.
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That means it's broken.

I had similar problem and found others have too, Xperia T seems to be breaking cards.
The solution was keep trying the card in your computer, then do a full format to FAT32.
Took me about 15 attempts.

Had the same issue awhile back. Happened right after I watched a movie via MHL. The phone cannot detect the sdcard suddenly. Though card can be detected as a 36MB memory only when inserted in PC. Tried many different things to revive the sdcard but to no avail. Bought new sdcard, this time a Samsung 32GB class 10. Last card was a 32GB class 10 SanDisk one.
Tapatalked from my TX

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EDIT; the SD card doesn't show up in Windows/ doesn't show up in settings > storage/ can't run Chkdsk on it/ fails to work in Recovery.
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Sucks when that happens.
What kind of card did you use, normal microSD, SDHC or SDXC? As only SD and SDHC are supported (SDXC also if formatted differently I believe). If you are using the last 2 formats then make sure your cardreader is capable of reading them else your pc won't see it. For now the only thing I can say is to go look on the Kingston site for any tips/prog to recover/format your card.
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Caliban1982 said:
Sucks when that happens.
What kind of card did you use, normal microSD, SDHC or SDXC? As only SD and SDHC are supported (SDXC also if formatted differently I believe). If you are using the last 2 formats then make sure your cardreader is capable of reading them else your pc won't see it. For now the only thing I can say is to go look on the Kingston site for any tips/prog to recover/format your card.
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I'm using a Kingston 32GB MicroSD, and I will do, thanks for your reply