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Hi,
Please note that I know there is a thread at the top about SD card issues, but this post is not about locking up, this post is about 2i killing SD cards, thanks.
I have had my XDA 2i for about 3 months. When I first bought it, I bought a Viking 1GB SD card to use with it. After a month or so, the SD card died. At that time I thought I had a faulty SD card, so I bought another Viking 512MB SD card.
To my horror, it died as well today.
Can't read the cards in any of my readers.
So question is - do I have a faulty 2i? Is it a common problem at all? Or is there a design problem with 2i? Or is the 2i not compatible with Viking SD cards?
It seems like people have great success with the Transcent cards regarding the lock-up issue. So does anyone know whether it is going to solve this "murdering" problem?
Many thanks,
Wayne
I'm sure i have seen this type of post before...but to be honnest i think it might be an isolated case, perhpas its only that brand of card the XDAIIi will "Kill"
Its more than likely that what causes your XDA to kill the Viking SD cards is the same thing that only causes other SD cards to freeze.
So perhaps Viking cards are more sensative to the XDAIIi (pain in the ass) problem.
Hmm... i've had 3 SD cards die on me recently too (a PQI 1GB, a Sandisk 256MB and a Pretec 128MB)... i thought it was just a bizaare coincidence or something but now you come to mention it... :?
I've also had two viking 1gb cards die on me each within a few days of receiving them!!!! I now use a Sandisk Ultra II 2gb card which works great apart from TomTom locking up if I don't turn of the phone radio stack.
I bought a 1gb Viking Card from Ebuyer and after about 2/3 months it dided Just got my replacement so finges crossed
I've had a similar problem with my IIi I went through 2 512Mb unbranded cards from mymemory.co.uk in the space of 3 weeks. The first when screwy and reconfigured itself to be a 30Mb card. The second was completly unreadable. I put it down to me being a cheap-scate and buying unbranded products. :wink:
For the past six months I have been running without an SD related hitch (touch wood) using a Sandisk 1Gb Ultra II.
Same here.
The thing is that my 1Gb Viking card only lasted 4 days!!!!
:? :? :?
I want to get another kind of card but i´m no sure what´s the best one out there.
I think I am gonna give Transcend a go...
Viking is definitely a no-no.
Really shouldn't have just gone for the cheapest
Most SD cards have long warranty periods. Get on to either the manufacturer or the retailer and get them replaced. I once had a Sandisk card die on me and it was replaced straight away. Its replacement is still working in my digital camera now.
i too had a kingston totally die on me ,and at the same time i dropped my pda and it went skidding along the foor and was bust ,so i went back to o2 and told a small lie and so got a new 1 as it was only a week old at the time so i never found out if it was the pda or sd card ,i have now had the same sd card for a few months now no problem ...it's a transend
Those SD Card from Viking and Kingston are known faulty with XDA...
I never buy these brands of SD Card..
Try KingMax If U like, it works perfect with mine xda2 and xda2i
I had my 512 Mb Kingston SD card killed with my Alpine too
This is not a city-myth for me anymore..
Hmm... Did not heard something about broking A-Data's card. Now using one 150x 2Gb. No problems at all.
Killing SD cards
Hi
Yep same here 4 cards have been murdered by my XDA11i, a sandisk 256 and a couple of lesser sizes, all worked in my inbuilt laptop card reader till they went in the XDA. Now all i get is this card is write protected and its NOT!..Worse of all it also kills RS MMC out of my nokia 6680 so beware. These cards came brand new and played perfectly in the laptop then a couple of sessions in the XDA and bang This disk is write protected, they will be written to when in the nokia and synced by usb cable but the laptop will not write to them at all..
Getting dissapointed with the XDA11i doing this and constantly freezing looking like time to offload on ebay
Dave
OK MY Replacement Viking from Ebuyer has just died so, The Vkiings are not good for the XDA then.
hi,i popped in here after a freind pointed this out to me.
I have spent the last 3 mths checking out suppliers of sd memory for resale thru my business and most of the brands mentioned here are the ones ive come accross.
however whats not on the packet when you buy these wonders of technology is that they are modified from Rejects off the lines.
they are also modified from 128/256/512 low quality chips.
this means that compression routines have been applied to them to produce a fake formating size.
i found,purely by accident,that if you stick your sd card in a palm pda,it will read off the original manufacturers code which looks like this 0128********,0256*********,0512********* and tru 1 gig are 0000********.i personally have only just(after 3 mths)managed to secure a shipment that has been tested to be true 1 gig.thank god.
just thought this mite help you.
my sandisk died too
Bought a 1G sandisk card and ive only had it for 3months and all im getting with the 2i is a freezing screen.I soft reset at least 10 -20 times a day.Im begining to wonder if something is wrong with the 2i.Sometime the only way to start up normally is removing the card .Can someone please advice me which 1G card works best with 2i.I ve heard the transend work ok..Thanks
3 Solutions for SD cards that don't work anymore in a PDA !
1/ Try to format with your pc or other card reader (like in pc or printer).
2/ Try to format it with PocketMechanic (dowload the free trial)
There are many options : format logical, ntfs, fat, for digital
camera,pda,...
With this tool I could reformat the card and use it again
3/ Buy a Kingston Elite Pro card in future or other with LIFETIME WARANTY
I once had a card that couldn't be fixed from Kingston, it had LIFETIME
waranty! Yess KINGSTON ELITE PRO series offer that. I just posted it
internationally to London's office with RMA nr, and received a NEW SD
Card in plastic! Speaking of service!
Bought this card from an Ebay shop. I don't know how the service is
with other brands, but some have 5y waranty, you can try to return it.
Hope helping ya all!
XDAIIi still is the best, now an XDAIIi with build in GPS Antenna and we have a real all in solution
My XDAIIi might have killed Kingston 512 SD card
hi
I have a XDAIIi purchased about 4months ago.
My XDA IIi is having a lot of problems and it also may have killed my 2 months old kingston 512 MB SD card...
I tried some data recovery softwares but they did not help.
So I brought the damaged SD card to data resucue service but they could not fix data structure of SD card.... saying as below.
I have tested your SD Memory card. The card is certainly faulty. It’s a hardware fault with the memory unit. As s solid state memory ship there is no way to repair this. After further investigation, it appears this problem is very common and reports of the same brand sd card have also been reported on the internet.
I’m sorry but we have no way to extract the data off a faulty SD card like this. The size of the car is defaulting to the factory setting of 2 TB (which is HUGE!!) and other software reports it as a RAW card at 0mb.
Normally if for example the card has been accidentally formatted or the file system has been corrupted we could have easily recover the data but in this case of a hardware fault we have no method to help you. We have tried everything for you. As I told you, it was worth trying. There is no charge to you.
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And they suggested me to use less MB Sd card with the pda,
i have two other 256 sundisk SD cards but they seem to be OK.
regards
Tom
SD
Hi
Mine froze up repeatable until I found this site and removed my 128 ULTIMA. I then removed my PANASONIC 256 “Hi Speed” (supposedly but does not say what speed on the card) from my camera and all is good so far.:shock:
Saw this card on Newegg today. Pretty cheap for a Class 10 16GB card and reviewers state it meets Class 10 standards, and that it appears to be a rebranded Samsung card, so it is a quality product.
Android only supports Class 6, meaning this card should be plenty quick, and will utilize full Class 10 potential during file transfers over USB.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820161405
Merry Christmas!
Thanks
Ordered 2 !
Happy Holidays!
On sale today, 27.99 - free shipping. Limit 5.
I just ordered a class 6 8gig from meritline for 15 bucks, just what I had been wanting.
http://www.meritline.com/adata-8gb-microsdhc-card-class4---p-26412.aspx
Can you confirm its speed? I was reading the reviews and they were saying the ,speed isn't class 10.
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Can you confirm its speed? I was reading the reviews and they were saying the ,speed isn't class 10.
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3 speed tests so far in CM7: 6MB/s Write 14MB/s Read average. Bought it at Frys for 32.
Works AMAZING
I bouth this card from newegg and ive been using it about a week now and it works great not a snag at all
Anybody got a good report on this? I wanna buy it but I see a few reviews saying it works for a week then dies... can anyone vouch for this card being solid?
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Wintec 16gb CL10
Just got the Wintec 16gb CL10 from Newegg, put it in my Sprint Hero to format and as soon as it finish saying setting SD card the screen locked up. removed battery/ installed and saw installed apps icons were gone in its places gear icon. Installed original 8gb and app icons were back but apps came up with FC. removed each app and reinstalled and they work fine now. I'm afraid to put the 16gb back in, it seems fine in my laptop. I have no idea whats wrong!
I got one of these around Christmas. Formatted, partitioned and transferred my stuff. I thought all was well until I had to restore a nandroid and it bootlooped. I put my old 8G Sandisk back in and haven't tried again. So my experience was it worked about a week. I guess it's a write/read issue. I had trouble with recovery mounting the card to even see my backups. I had read reviews of spotty quality and I guess I had the bad luck of the draw.
hmmm ok then I guess i'll pass on this one. I want to get one that'll last so i can transfer it to a new phone when i upgrade.
on htc website, it says microSD 2.0 compatable, & i know some phones can only support so much extra storage, ie: some say microSD up to 16gb, so maybe the hero doesnt support high capasity cards.
anybody got a conformation on how big a microsd card we can go, that wont cause issues.
i was looking @ this card in the OP, but now im double thinking.
jcj77d said:
on htc website, it says microSD 2.0 compatable, & i know some phones can only support so much extra storage, ie: some say microSD up to 16gb, so maybe the hero doesnt support high capasity cards.
anybody got a conformation on how big a micro sd card we can go, that wont cause issues.
i was looking @ this card in the OP, but now i'm double thinking.
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32GB class 6,a class 10 card will run at class 6 speeds when mounted in the phone.When unmounted and transferring files from your computer to phone or the opposite.
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32GB class 6,a class 10 card will run at class 6 speeds when mounted in the phone.When unmounted and transferring files from your computer to phone or the opposite.
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what brand?
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what brand?
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If you mean the 32gb your gonna have to search cuz I've seen very few. Don't remember what brand,most that are 32 gb I've seen are class2. I have a class 10 8gb here and it runs slower in my phone than my class 6 does.Sorry I can't give you more info.My class 10 is a Patriot
I bought the wintech 16 gig card back in january and 15 days later I woke up and my phone said the sd card was not formatted. Both windows 7 and ubuntu 10.10 only saw the card as 1 gig but neither could format it nor create new partition tables. I lost all the data but luckily had a semi recent backup on my computer. RMA'ed it back to newegg and got a 16 gig class 6 card from a more reliable manufacturer.
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Hi all,
I have a Sandisk 32Gb micro SD HC (Class 4). <--- not sure if this competible with the NOTE. anyways, the problem I have as below.
Why I am looking problem into my sd card is that since I used my 32Gb card on my NOTE, my note seems getting hot when I use the files inside my card and the battery drain hella fast.
Case 1) I played a rmvb file format movie. Before I run it, my battery was like 90%, after it played like only 30 mins, it dropped to 70%. is it normal?!?! And at the same time, the back of my note is very hot, I believe it's of the memory card,
Case 2) When I move apps to SD, no matter one app or many apps having the same problem. which is my phone will get very hot, then restart itself, after restart, the singal is gone randomly.
Conclusion, is Galaxy NOTE compatible with the SD card I mentioned above?
sorry for my poor English.
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Hi all,
I have a Sandisk 32Gb micro SD HC (Class 4). <--- not sure if this competible with the NOTE. anyways, the problem I have as below.
Why I am looking problem into my sd card is that since I used my 32Gb card on my NOTE, my note seems getting hot when I use the files inside my card and the battery drain hella fast.
Case 1) I played a rmvb file format movie. Before I run it, my battery was like 90%, after it played like only 30 mins, it dropped to 70%. is it normal?!?! And at the same time, the back of my note is very hot, I believe it's of the memory card,
Case 2) When I move apps to SD, no matter one app or many apps having the same problem. which is my phone will get very hot, then restart itself, after restart, the singal is gone randomly.
Conclusion, is Galaxy NOTE compatible with the SD card I mentioned above?
sorry for my poor English.
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Well.. It had nothing to do with the memory card.. I'm using the same 32GB scandisk.. I had no issues at all.. Try factory reset or do a full wipe.. If all else fails.. Samsung service center is you best bet.
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infatality said:
Well.. It had nothing to do with the memory card.. I'm using the same 32GB scandisk.. I had no issues at all.. Try factory reset or do a full wipe.. If all else fails.. Samsung service center is you best bet.
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I already did reset factory settings + erase sd card two times. I also brought my Note to Samsung, they gave my NOTE a new secondary motherboard which I donno what it is anyways. I still had the battery drain & hot back cover this morning while watching movies through memory card.
wingod513 said:
I already did reset factory settings + erase sd card two times. I also brought my Note to Samsung, they gave my NOTE a new secondary motherboard which I donno what it is anyways. I still had the battery drain & hot back cover this morning while watching movies through memory card.
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Then defective memory card maybe? I think that is not normal.
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What kernel also rmvb might not be supported in codecs for hw accel so it might be eating cpu to run your vid and it will drain a bit of battery.
I donno about kernel thing. My Galaxy Note is still stock 2.3.6 without root. I am using MoboPlayer for rmvb playing. Just did another 30 mins playing, another around 20% battery is gone and the back of my NOTE is hot while playing.
have u tried the card in a other gadget?
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have u tried the card in a other gadget?
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No, I didn't. I only has one smartphone atm, my all others were broken. What else I can do?
wingod513 said:
I already did reset factory settings + erase sd card two times. I also brought my Note to Samsung, they gave my NOTE a new secondary motherboard which I donno what it is anyways. I still had the battery drain & hot back cover this morning while watching movies through memory card.
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Have you tried copying the movie to internal SD, removing the card, and playing the movie from internal memory?
If you still get the same behaviour then its more likely to be your phone heating up generally than anything else.
Mine gets quite warm when I have the WiFi on and am streaming video across my home network. Wifi + CPU/GPU intensive activities = heating, just like on any other device!
Also, try MX Player. Just in case its Mobo that is causing your problems.
emuX said:
Have you tried copying the movie to internal SD, removing the card, and playing the movie from internal memory?
If you still get the same behaviour then its more likely to be your phone heating up generally than anything else.
Mine gets quite warm when I have the WiFi on and am streaming video across my home network. Wifi + CPU/GPU intensive activities = heating, just like on any other device!
Also, try MX Player. Just in case its Mobo that is causing your problems.
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I will try to copy the movie to my device i/o my card tonight and test.
I had MX Player before but I uninstalled it as it cant play my rmvb files.
about "note getting hot after new sd with tons of files":
this is due to the media server app indexing all your new files!
for example the gallery app creates a thumbnail of every picture on your SD!!!
this is as well the reason for high battery drain and a "hot" feeling (high cpu load while indexing) after a new rom flash...
if this persists over a few days (usually after a few hours the indexing is done) THEN you have a problem!
Class 4 read writes is very slow same as class 2. I switched mine to class 6 and never gets hot or affects battery as fast
checkout the link, theres a sale on class 10 32 gig. not pitching but wanted users to see
EDIT: http://www.adorama.com/IDSSD32GEC10...liate&utm_campaign=Other&utm_source=cj_552179
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MicroNuts said:
Class 4 read writes is very slow same as class 2. I switched mine to class 6 and never gets hot or affects battery as fast
checkout the link, theres a sale on class 10 32 gig. not pitching but wanted users to see
EDIT: http://www.adorama.com/IDSSD32GEC10...liate&utm_campaign=Other&utm_source=cj_552179
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So, are you saying sd card reading speed slow will cause more battery usage and getting hot?
I got class 4 bcoz it's popular and easier to get. also I was told class 4 is enough for mobile
last night I walked by some computer stores and saw a new SD card (not sure if it new) Sandisk Mobile Ultra 32Gb (Class 6). Well, I donno if this is a good replacement to my current card - Sandisk 32Gb micro SD HC (Class 4).
The Sandisk Mobile Ultra 32Gb (Class 6) is about US$34.00
Should I change? Or just not much worth, and just save the money.
For media class 6 is better. Like photos and music etc. ...
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wingod513 said:
last night I walked by some computer stores and saw a new SD card (not sure if it new) Sandisk Mobile Ultra 32Gb (Class 6). Well, I donno if this is a good replacement to my current card - Sandisk 32Gb micro SD HC (Class 4).
The Sandisk Mobile Ultra 32Gb (Class 6) is about US$34.00
Should I change? Or just not much worth, and just save the money.
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Yes if u have the cash.
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wingod513 said:
last night I walked by some computer stores and saw a new SD card (not sure if it new) Sandisk Mobile Ultra 32Gb (Class 6). Well, I donno if this is a good replacement to my current card - Sandisk 32Gb micro SD HC (Class 4).
The Sandisk Mobile Ultra 32Gb (Class 6) is about US$34.00
Should I change? Or just not much worth, and just save the money.
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I have the 64gb version of this card running on my note, I got it online from best buy for about $79 us (found it through heads up in galaxy note forums) . It has been an excellent card. I am a big fan of SanDisk they are quality cards and always perform at or better than their advertised specifications.. I'm not sure if it would be worth upgrading from a class 4 32gb to a 6 32gb unless you have another device to re purpose the old card. The performance difference is noticeable and might be worth it for shooting video etc.
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Give the class 4 to your wife, girlfriend, or little sister.
Hahhhahaha
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I have the 64gb version of this card running on my note, I got it online from best buy for about $79 us (found it through heads up in galaxy note forums) . It has been an excellent card. I am a big fan of SanDisk they are quality cards and always perform at or better than their advertised specifications.. I'm not sure if it would be worth upgrading from a class 4 32gb to a 6 32gb unless you have another device to re purpose the old card. The performance difference is noticeable and might be worth it for shooting video etc.
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So, is your 64Gb card Sandisk Mobile Ultra Class 6? It's abit expensive to me. I do have another old phone with 16Gb card already, not worth to replace with my old 32Gb card becoz I don't use thse phone much.
Sigh...Tough choice...
Thanks...
I was starting to panic. I ordered the Samsung 64 GB micro SD card just because I figured Samsung and Samsung would work together. It's been just over a day and my Note 3 was getting extremely hot. I initially thought about it permanently hurting the battery or the heat reeking havoc on my mother board or other internal parts. But it's seems to be cooling down as of this morning. I think the indexing is all done. If it starts again, I'll be looking for you though.
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about "note getting hot after new sd with tons of files":
this is due to the media server app indexing all your new files!
for example the gallery app creates a thumbnail of every picture on your SD!!!
this is as well the reason for high battery drain and a "hot" feeling (high cpu load while indexing) after a new rom flash...
if this persists over a few days (usually after a few hours the indexing is done) THEN you have a problem!
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Anyone know what types of microSD cards should work for the S5? I have a Sandisk Ultra 32GB microSD card and it worked and displayed the pictures on it for about 3 minutes before saying it was removed. Re-seating it doesn't even bring it up anymore.
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Anyone know what types of microSD cards should work for the S5? I have a Sandisk Ultra 32GB microSD card and it worked and displayed the pictures on it for about 3 minutes before saying it was removed. Re-seating it doesn't even bring it up anymore.
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That should work. I'm using a larger card from the same line. Mine is the SanDisk Ultra 64 GB microSDXC Class 10 UHS-1 it works in the S5 and it worked in the S4.
I used a cheap 32gb class 10 store branded SD from microcenter. It works fine.
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This is my card and it works perfectly fine for me. Perhaps you got a defective card?
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Anyone know what types of microSD cards should work for the S5? I have a Sandisk Ultra 32GB microSD card and it worked and displayed the pictures on it for about 3 minutes before saying it was removed. Re-seating it doesn't even bring it up anymore.
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Your card might also be at the end of it's life. These things have a finite number of read/writes before they start to deteriorate. How old is the card? If it is new, then you just have a defective one and should try taking it back.
Have you tried formatting microSD from device?
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The card is about two years old. I formatted it on my S3 and copied a bunch of pictures/music/movies over from my computer to it while the phone was plugged in via USB. Now trying to use the same card in my S5 and its been wonky
Used different sd cards and had same issue. Did some research a few days ago b/c was having same issue. . It was reported that S5 had locked write access from other application when intentionally initiated. For example: You can take picture and it will copy to SD care but if you" Folder sync", it will give you error msg that permission is denied.
I'm rooted and have the newest update.
I am using a Sandisk 32GB memory card that I used in my Note 3 for the last year with no issues.
Every once in while, the Note 4 shows that the Sandisk card was removed without being unmounted.. and then after 30-60 seconds, remounts itself. It has done this now 3x today. Once while laying on a table untouched and once while I was using the camera to take pictures. I checked and the card is totally seated properly.
One thing I did notice.. when I went to install the newest update with Kies, it told me to unmount the SD card... and I clicked unmount a few times, and it wouldn't unmount.. So I had to shut down the Note and take out the card while it was off.
Has this happened to anyone? Any ideas how to fix this?
Try cleaning the contacts on your card with a pencil eraser.
I've seen that on my old GS3, be very careful, few weeks later I started getting errors on SD card and then SD card no longer worked with complete loss of data. One card I was able to revive after full format, nothing could be done with the second one. I suspected either something wasn't connecting properly inside or some software issue, I also suspect that the card gets corrupted, when unmounting happens during write cycle and if phone updates headers or directory entries when this error happens, that's when you loose the whole card. I never had this happen on my Note3, hate to see this coming back on Note 4.
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Try cleaning the contacts on your card with a pencil eraser.
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I just cleaned them now. Hopefully that will fix it
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I've seen that on my old GS3, be very careful, few weeks later I started getting errors on SD card and then SD card no longer worked with complete loss of data. One card I was able to revive after full format, nothing could be done with the second one. I suspected either something wasn't connecting properly inside or some software issue, I also suspect that the card gets corrupted, when unmounting happens during write cycle and if phone updates headers or directory entries when this error happens, that's when you loose the whole card. I never had this happen on my Note3, hate to see this coming back on Note 4.
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Argh.. that sounds horrible. I will do a full backup of my card tomorrow just in case (Titanium backup, SMS backup, etc). Thanks
Yeah I'm actually getting this too. It would just randomly unmount and remount when the card is being used. I thought ibfixed it by checking for errors but it came back lol. Hope a real fix is found soon.
Ps - was using a 64gb SanDisk on my note 2 for a year no problem.
More than likely, the SD card is going bad. You better backup asap!
These are precisely the signs of the card before it kicks the bucket. I've owned several SanDisk cards and never again will I go with them. As I've mentioned before on these forums SanDisk cards are very weak in its integrity and are no longer of decent quality. The problems you're facing is proof of that.
Go with a Samsung card. The Pro series. It's the best you're going to get. Lexar is good too, but pricey.
Most pro photographers will say SanDisk is the "yugo" of sd cards.
iunlock said:
These are precisely the signs of the card before it kicks the bucket. I've owned several SanDisk cards and never again will I go with them. As I've mentioned before on these forums SanDisk cards are very weak in its integrity and are no longer of decent quality. The problems you're facing is proof of that.
Go with a Samsung card. The Pro series. It's the best you're going to get. Lexar is good too, but pricey.
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My only real question is, why it's happening right as I swap it to the new Note 4? I am very careful with my devices, and i did not even touch the gold connection part. Bummer
I had this problem until I formatted it using the note 4. So I'll wait and see.
Try samsung sd card evo.
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I had this problem until I formatted it using the note 4. So I'll wait and see.
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Yup, just came back to report this. I was like f it, im just gonna format. After formatting, all issues are now gone. I will report back if it does return.
ps - i did do the test on it afterwards by taking like 30 pictures and browsing them in the gallery. Prior to the format, it would always unmount 100%. Now it browses with no issues.
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Try samsung sd card evo.
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I bought one and it'll be here Wednesday, my problem came back with my Sandisk ever after format lol.
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I bought one and it'll be here Wednesday, my problem came back with my Sandisk ever after format lol.
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I'm rooted and have the newest update.
I am using a Sandisk 32GB memory card that I used in my Note 3 for the last year with no issues.
Every once in while, the Note 4 shows that the Sandisk card was removed without being unmounted.. and then after 30-60 seconds, remounts itself. It has done this now 3x today. Once while laying on a table untouched and once while I was using the camera to take pictures. I checked and the card is totally seated properly.
One thing I did notice.. when I went to install the newest update with Kies, it told me to unmount the SD card... and I clicked unmount a few times, and it wouldn't unmount.. So I had to shut down the Note and take out the card while it was off.
Has this happened to anyone? Any ideas how to fix this?
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I've seen that on my old GS3, be very careful, few weeks later I started getting errors on SD card and then SD card no longer worked with complete loss of data. One card I was able to revive after full format, nothing could be done with the second one. I suspected either something wasn't connecting properly inside or some software issue, I also suspect that the card gets corrupted, when unmounting happens during write cycle and if phone updates headers or directory entries when this error happens, that's when you loose the whole card. I never had this happen on my Note3, hate to see this coming back on Note 4.
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boodies said:
Yeah I'm actually getting this too. It would just randomly unmount and remount when the card is being used. I thought ibfixed it by checking for errors but it came back lol. Hope a real fix is found soon.
Ps - was using a 64gb SanDisk on my note 2 for a year no problem.
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Don't know if you guys checked out the SD card thread but we mentioned this . For me and some others Samsung devices don't play well with SanDisk cards. I burned through 3 of them on my note 2 with the same issues you guys have. Back up now! Because those cards will die soon. You can Google it Samsung and SanDisk card errors and you will find many many threads. This time around I learned and got a Samsung evo 64gb for about $39 on Amazon. Just a heads up.
naruto.ninjakid said:
Don't know if you guys checked out the SD card thread but we mentioned this . For me and some others Samsung devices don't play well with SanDisk cards. I burned through 3 of them on my note 2 with the same issues you guys have. Back up now! Because those cards will die soon. You can Google it Samsung and SanDisk card errors and you will find many many threads. This time around I learned and got a Samsung evo 64gb for about $39 on Amazon. Just a heads up.
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I read the thread you mentioned, but this same Sandisk SD card worked perfectly fine in my old Note 2, so maybe it's a recent issue of the newer phones. that were released after Note 2. I got a Samsung Pro 64GB for about 10 dollar more on Amazon.
WingedCow said:
I read the thread you mentioned, but this same Sandisk SD card worked perfectly fine in my old Note 2, so maybe it's a recent issue of the newer phones. that were released after Note 2. I got a Samsung Pro 64GB for about 10 dollar more on Amazon.
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It's so weird they work for a while then die. All I know is I'm going to avoid SanDisk cards in Samsung phones at least.
rofl, so my co-worker had gotten a free 32 GB Samsung sd card from samsung with his new S5. I told him lets do a switch with my 64 GB Sandisk Class 10. We tested it to make sure it works fine on his phone and of-course it does. The samsung card is also quite a bit faster than the Sandisk I gave him. We both did a bench. Its a win win in my books lol.
I've had several micro sd cards faulter on me, resulting in unrecoverable data and every one of them were SanDisk. I'm staying away from SanDisk like the Ebola virus!