[Q] Problem with EXTERNAL SD card - Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I noticed 3 problems with my external SD card:
1. When I copy from PC to my Note some files, sometimes I can't see the files anymore when using the Note after I unplug it from the PC
2. Some movies doesn't play on the external SD card, but the same videos do play on the internal SD card.
3. When I want to flash a ROM, which I copied it from the PC to the external SD card, it aborts and saying the file is bad. BUT, I can flash the SAME ROM from the internal SD card.
Even after formatting the external SD card via the Note, I still have those problems. Even a movie via KIES doesn't work on my external SD card.
Is my external SD card defect? Or am I doing something wrong?

Caesarea038 said:
I noticed 3 problems with my external SD card:
1. When I copy from PC to my Note some files, sometimes I can't see the files anymore when using the Note after I unplug it from the PC
2. Some movies doesn't play on the external SD card, but the same videos do play on the internal SD card.
3. When I want to flash a ROM, which I copied it from the PC to the external SD card, it aborts and saying the file is bad. BUT, I can flash the SAME ROM from the internal SD card.
Even after formatting the external SD card via the Note, I still have those problems. Even a movie via KIES doesn't work on my external SD card.
Is my external SD card defect? Or am I doing something wrong?
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Yes, your external sd card might be defective. Try another one to find out.

Do a full overwrite for mate with this https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/

tknguyencsu said:
Yes, your external sd card might be defective. Try another one to find out.
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brockyneo said:
Do a full overwrite for mate with this https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/
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I will give a try. Thanks! I will report.

I formatted it with SDFormatter, but I had to formatted again with my Note.
After I copied the movie.mkv it did play. Thanks!

Caesarea038 said:
I formatted it with SDFormatter, but I had to formatted again with my Note.
After I copied the movie.mkv it did play. Thanks!
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Good glad it worked for you now hit the thanks button ha ha only joking

brockyneo said:
Good glad it worked for you now hit the thanks button ha ha only joking
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A core of truth in every joke

brockyneo said:
Good glad it worked for you now hit the thanks button ha ha only joking
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Hi, I have copied mkv-files since then, but after one or more files copied to the external SD-card, only the first (sometimes two in cases of coping three or more files) is able to play. The rest are unable to play with different video players.
I tested to copy two of the same movie, but always one wasn't able to play.
Hypothesis: my external SD card is defect. Or am I missing something?
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Caesarea038 said:
Hi, I have copied mkv-files since then, but after one or more files copied to the external SD-card, only the first (sometimes two in cases of coping three or more files) is able to play. The rest are unable to play with different video players.
I tested to copy two of the same movie, but always one wasn't able to play.
Hypothesis: my external SD card is defect. Or am I missing something?
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Conclusion: see this link

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Quick Question..
Well i just bought a class 6 sd card, can i just copy all the files from my other sd card,to the one i just bought, and it will work fine. Or do i have to put the files on and reflash the rom(DC 2.08)??
xxxk15 said:
Quick Question..
Well i just bought a class 6 sd card, can i just copy all the files from my other sd card,to the one i just bought, and it will work fine. Or do i have to put the files on and reflash the rom(DC 2.08)??
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What your going to do is, copy all your files from your old SD card to a space on your hard drive. Then, insert the new SD card into your phone, format it, and only after you have formatted inside the phone, you can put your files you copied to your hard drive onto the new SD card. Just drag and drop. Simple.
p.s. This is just what I would do. Might be a faster way
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showbo said:
What your going to do is, copy all your files from your old SD card to a space on your hard drive. Then, insert the new SD card into your phone, format it, and only after you have formatted inside the phone, you can put your files you copied to your hard drive onto the new SD card. Just drag and drop. Simple.
p.s. This is just what I would do. Might be a faster way
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But then will i have to reflash the rom??
xxxk15 said:
But then will i have to reflash the rom??
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If you are using apps 2 sd, here is what I did. Made a nandroid back up with extension. Copied everything off my sd card to my computer including the nandroid back up. Inserted the new card into the phone and booted into recovery. Partitioned the new card appropriately for apps 2 sd. Copied the files back onto the sd card. Wiped data, dalvick, and ext while in recovery then restored the nandroid back up. Everything should work then.
If you're not running a2sd copy to pc and then on to the new card after you've formatted
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[Q] can't watch videos through external SD

Hi,
When trying to watch movies (divx, avi) through the external SD card, I get the message: unsupported video file. Tried it in a few video player, same error.
BUT
When I copy the videos from the computer to the internal SD - no problem what-so-ever. I see everything.
I tried to copy the video first to the internal SD and then, using the phone, copy from the internal SD to the external SD - same error. Then, I copied it back to the internal SD - still an error!
So, my guess is something happenned to the video while moving to the external SD and it damaged it...
I have a 16GB kingston micro sd card. Other files can be copied and seen easily.
I use 2.1 JG8 version.
any ideas?
Thx,
Roy
yes, seems like your external SD card might be corrupted
just reformat it to FAT32 select the option to Full Format
Quick Format will not fix it
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If you are going to format then do it on phone as if you format in desktop the card wont be picked up when you are using external storage mode.
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ickyboo said:
If you are going to format then do it on phone as if you format in desktop the card wont be picked up when you are using external storage mode.
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b.s i format mine in computer all the time.. just make sure you do it fat 32.. in fact a good app to format on computer is panasonic sd formater v 2.0
my card is always picked up when i plug in.

brick Sdcard. Can i help me :( Pls...

Hi,
i'm having serious problems with the SD card on my Milestone. Let me explain :
1. If i try any generic app which tries to access the SD card, it says it's not there (Camera says "Please insert a SD card", other apps say similar warnings).And i can't use "update.zip" on recovery mode
2. Settings>SD card & phone storage says Unavailable to everything, like if the card is not mounted.
3. Recovery mode say "can't open /cache/recovery/command"
Any ideas ?
Try cleaning the gold contacts on the sd card an the sd card holder...
Also try seeing if the sd card works on an external sd card reader
Hope this helps
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qaz2453 said:
Try cleaning the gold contacts on the sd card an the sd card holder...
Also try seeing if the sd card works on an external sd card reader
Hope this helps
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My sdcard works fine on the card reader. I've tried so many times before: (Does anyone know the milestone with fastboot?
minhkhue90 said:
My card works fine on the card reader. I've tried so many times before: (Does anyone know the milestone with fastboot?
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If it works fine in a card reader, it might be the card slot in the Milestone that might be broken.
skadude66 said:
If it works fine in a card reader, it might be the card slot in the Milestone that might be broken.
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Have you ever been brick sdcard? Also possible that so many people use android brick sdcard failed. I think the milestone card reader works fine: (
I would recommend taking your SD card, backing up the contents to your computer, and then doing a non-quick format on the SD card. There's something corrupt about the filesystem of the SD card that the phone does not like, and a format of the SD card should repair things again.
projektorboy said:
I would recommend taking your SD card, backing up the contents to your computer, and then doing a non-quick format on the SD card. There's something corrupt about the filesystem of the SD card that the phone does not like, and a format of the SD card should repair things again.
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I formatted the card several times but to no avail. It does not help me format! : (
tks
minhkhue90 said:
I formatted the card several times but to no avail. It does not help me format! : (
tks
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What format are you putting it in? If it is in NTFS, I believe it will not recognize it.
tghockey07 said:
What format are you putting it in? If it is in NTFS, I believe it will not recognize it.
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No,i format with Fat32. It still not recognize Milestone don't have bootloader. If have it,i can fix

[Q] SD card :(

Hey guys. Today i decided to treat my X8 by buying a 8GB class 4 micro sd card to replace the stock 2GB micro sd card...all went well ! Within half an hour i copied & pasted everything out of my old card and into the new. That is until i tried to play some songs when i found that none of my songs appear...AT ALL ! Then i tried going into gallery. Same thing !!! I need help with this cuz i don't want to know that i wasted all that money on something that doesn't work T-T
P.S. : Running GDX V21, Alfs kernel V04. I've tried formatting it and THEN pasting the files from my old card. Still the same
P.S.P.S : By "my" X8, I mean my friends one which, in a few days or weeks will be mine
RohinZaraki said:
Hey guys. Today i decided to treat my X8 by buying a 8GB class 4 micro sd card to replace the stock 2GB micro sd card...all went well ! Within half an hour i copied & pasted everything out of my old card and into the new. That is until i tried to play some songs when i found that none of my songs appear...AT ALL ! Then i tried going into gallery. Same thing !!! I need help with this cuz i don't want to know that i wasted all that money on something that doesn't work T-T
P.S. : Running GDX V21, Alfs kernel V04. I've tried formatting it and THEN pasting the files from my old card. Still the same
P.S.P.S : By "my" X8, I mean my friends one which, in a few days or weeks will be mine
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mayb u got a corrupt sd card?
open file explorer in the phone and look if there is something on the card. if you see all your folders and files, try to reboot your phone or install this from the maket.
if you don't see the files on your sd card, try to format the card from the settings in phone, not with pc
hope this will help you
crap...my sd card was also damaged ..it says sd card is damaged please format it...my heart broke ..4gb worth of pics , songs , videos GONE
there might be 2 solutions that I know:
1) Sdcard or the files may be corrupted. - Try to format the sdcard and put just one picture(a picture that you can view without any problems on pc) and see if you can view it.
2)nomedia - make sure there isn't any ".nomedia" file in the root of sd card or check in the folders where your music is store.
HOPE THAT HELPS
kirmada said:
mayb u got a corrupt sd card?
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I tought so too but the problem with that theory is i can still see those files thru root explorer and even titanium backup still works
fifo171 said:
open file explorer in the phone and look if there is something on the card. if you see all your folders and files, try to reboot your phone or install this from the maket.
if you don't see the files on your sd card, try to format the card from the settings in phone, not with pc
hope this will help you
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I'll try that....I've also tried formatting via phone...still nothing
ok so formatting doesn't do any good no matter how i format it...
RohinZaraki said:
I tought so too but the problem with that theory is i can still see those files thru root explorer and even titanium backup still works
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try again with ur 2gb card and if dat works and the 8gb dnt? den the card is corrupted
btw i thot of upgrading my sdcard to 16gb too,my concern is the recovery folder, shud i copy the folder into the new card like any normal folder copy paste and will it work?
You can try formatting your SD card from your computer, maybe it helps.
Use the pc. There 2 types of format. FAT AND ntfs. Have you tried both? Also try quick and the regular one.
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I've full wiped and reflashed gdx v21...it works thnx guys for all your help !
get a card reader and try it with your computer if those files are really important... you could also try one of the many data recovery tools.. just google it..
Guts, i find this problem happens when i flash the update vold+chargemon.zip if i don't it's ok....is there any workaroun ? I cant connect Mass Storage if i don't flash it
When my phone says my SD IS DAMAGED, o just reboot and everytihibg is fine
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Ok...after ALOT of experimenting i finally pin pointed the prob....i used this app called Rescan Media Root...they say that every boot is slow because yr phone is scanning all the media files (Media Scan)...if you disable it, it'll speed up boot time ! But what happens in my case is it disabled the scanning, forever...so it never bothered to scan the sd card for my media files :S...after i reenabled it, it worked !
RohinZaraki said:
ok so formatting doesn't do any good no matter how i format it...
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try to format ur sd card to this low formatting tools
http://hddguru.com/software/HDD-LLF-Low-Level-Format-Tool/HDDLLFsetup.4.12.exe
this save my 4gig sd card
this is free for personal use
Reflash rom. Full Wipe. If still not working return the sdcard back to the shop.

Phone wont accept sd card data

So just today I got my phone working with CM 9 and everything works but the phone wont accept my SD card data.
If I go to the gallery it says I need a SD card, so it didn't recognize it but if I go to the file manager I can open my SD card and see all my files it I still can't access them. For example a song I had on the SD card I can see it but it won't let me listen to it.
I'm sure that the SD card isn't broken or anything it works fine on other phones and it did work on this phone until I installed CM 9.
Does anyone know of a solution?
mreminemfan4ewver said:
So just today I got my phone working with CM 9 and everything works but the phone wont accept my SD card data.
If I go to the gallery it says I need a SD card, so it didn't recognize it but if I go to the file manager I can open my SD card and see all my files it I still can't access them. For example a song I had on the SD card I can see it but it won't let me listen to it.
I'm sure that the SD card isn't broken or anything it works fine on other phones and it did work on this phone until I installed CM 9.
Does anyone know of a solution?
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Have you tried to format the sd card on fat32 from pc?
I have heard something about having to reformat my SD card but I don't know how?
mreminemfan4ewver said:
I have heard something about having to reformat my SD card but I don't know how?
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There's two ways to do it first I suggest you back up the files to your PC then place you sdcard back in your phone go to storage and format the external card that way or once you've backed up the sdcard whilst it is still connected to our PC right click on our sdcard and format should list of options
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try to do "Fix permissions" going into recovery mode.
It may help... Just try once.. nothing can happen to you device..

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