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[Q] Memory card not working properly!! :(

I bought a memory card from ebay its transcent sdhc 16 gb class 4.
when i am trying to copy big data to my memory card via data cable my pc hangs and doesnt allow me to do anything and then my cell phone also hangs.
but when am trying to copy data to memory card via another cellphone its working fine..
I am using MIUI XT Final V2.
Can anyone tell me whats wrong??

shrenn said:
I bought a memory card from ebay its transcent sdhc 16 gb class 4.
when i am trying to copy big data to my memory card via data cable my pc hangs and doesnt allow me to do anything and then my cell phone also hangs.
but when am trying to copy data to memory card via another cellphone its working fine..
I am using MIUI XT Final V2.
Can anyone tell me whats wrong??
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Try to transfer data thoruhg a card reader. Especially if it is a large amount like 3-5g of music. Moving data through the phone is fine in short bursts but I always founf it to be cleaner and faster through a card reader.

Woodrube said:
Try to transfer data thoruhg a card reader. Especially if it is a large amount like 3-5g of music. Moving data through the phone is fine in short bursts but I always founf it to be cleaner and faster through a card reader.
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Speaking of memory cards, how did you fix your 32gb Woodrube? I have 3 sd cards failing on me and not sure why. They work for a bit then fail again.

LibertyMonger said:
Speaking of memory cards, how did you fix your 32gb Woodrube? I have 3 sd cards failing on me and not sure why. They work for a bit then fail again.
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Man it sucked big time for so long but I was able to find a corrupted file on there and had to use File Assassin from Malwarebytes.org to delete it. Even then, it didn't want to go. I reformated it full fat and used the "slow" process that filled in 1's and 0's. It happened when I went to CM6.1 the first time.
Think I may have borked it myself during an bad install and then it would never work correctly. I use MiniTool Partition Wizard (I don't like GParted b/c you lose all your data. With MTPW, your FAT data is still there when you want to resize yout ext/swap) to set my partitions and once that was done, I would try to reinstall that same file. Wasn't until I figured out that it was causing so many problems, but it was the only ROM that would boot up. If I used it and then wanted to go to Wanhu or HM's ROMs (this was a few months ago), when I would restore those, it would break the partition and would never boot up. Wouldn't loop in the traditional sense where the animation would run then disappear and the run again, it would just continually run.
Not saying it is CM6 or anything like that, I just think I got a bad download or operator error and a corrupt file hit my card. I just reformatted to full Fat and no partitions and it works fine (for now). It was only the partitions that would not work. I would run MZor sd-ext test and it was horrible with all the errors it showed. I had been deciding to format full fat anyways and stay away from partitioning (I don't and never have used swap), and I have to say I think it is really better that way. I only have about 50+/-apps so my Dalvik isn't even close to filling up and half of them I don't even use.

OK thanks buddy! Looks like thats what I might have to do. So what would be the best method to move Apps over then with just fat32? If you have any advice for me I sure would appreciate it
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LibertyMonger said:
OK thanks buddy! Looks like thats what I might have to do. So what would be the best method to move Apps over then with just fat32? If you have any advice for me I sure would appreciate it
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On my wife's XT, i am just using the native Froyo app2sd (settings>manage apps>select app>move to sd [there is also an app in the market called Move2sd enabler that will move "non-movable" apps to the SD card]). Don't move any widgets to SD card though. On my Vibrant, I have't moved a single one over to the SD yet and have 1.5g left on internal.
FYI if you get an error when downloading an app from the market and it says,
"App not installed
Unknown Error-18"
Don't freak out, it is a known Froyo bug. All you have to do is plug your phone into your computer and look in the .Androidsecure folder (make sure you have show hidden folders checked on your PC) and delete this file.
smdl2tmp1.asec
You can do it through terminal on your phone too but sometimes it repopulates if you do it this way
su
rm mnt/secure/asec/smdl2tmp1.asec
Sorry for the thread hijack but it is kind of a fix for some SD problems.

the original microSD that came with the phone is kinda shady
mine had some problems, had to format it twice to get it working right
a friend of mine even worse, after a few use it died completely

Running out of space

I am relatively new to Android and can't figure out how to install apps to my external sd card. My internal 11 GB is almost full so I want to move some larger games to the external card. Please help.

Look for apps2sd in Google play store..
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Thanks, I tried that app just now and it doesn't do anything different than what the built in system tools does. It just keys me move apps on the phone to the sd card. My question is how can I move apps from my sd card (internal) to my external card to save space and have the same functionality a if the were installed in the phone. It would be cool if you could just install apps like you can on a 32 GB iPhone.

gman901 said:
Thanks, I tried that app just now and it doesn't do anything different than what the built in system tools does. It just keys me move apps on the phone to the sd card. My question is how can I move apps from my sd card (internal) to my external card to save space and have the same functionality a if the were installed in the phone. It would be cool if you could just install apps like you can on a 32 GB iPhone.
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
GMan901 & XDA Members:
If you're willing to shell out the cash for a Micro-SDXC card, I can show you how to swap your internal and external storage (SD cards). In my case, I started out with a 16GB GT-N7000 (International Note) and an 8GB Micro-SD card. I had apps installed on my internal SD card and would put all of my media (music, photos, videos) on my external storage (8GB Micro-SD card); but in the end, it wasn't enough. I ended up running out of space on my internal storage anyway; and considering that there's no way to replace the internal storage, I had to find another solution.
Now, on paper the Galaxy Note officially supports a maximum of 32GB of external storage. However, several sources have confirmed that the Galaxy Note (at least the GT-N7000 anyway) is capable of supporting Micro-SDXC cards of up to 64GB in size, and possibly even larger. However, no matter how large your external storage is, it's still your external storage. Now, if you were able to swap your internal and external storage, you'd have a fixed, 11.5GB external SD card that you would never be able to change, but you would also now have an internal SD card that you could increase or decrease in size whenever you like. In my case, I currently have a 32GB Samsung class 10 Micro-SD card that I bought on Amazon and configured to be my internal storage. Also, If I ever need more internal storage, all I have to do is purchase a larger card, copy all of the files from the old card to it, and insert it into my phone. It really is a great setup. If you're interested in trying this, just let me know and I'll post the necessary file(s) and instructions.
Also, it sounds to me like you are a former iPhone user. If you are, you should know that I am as well. As a matter of fact, it was the new iPhone 4S that I switched to Android from. At first, I found the transition to be..... less than smooth. However, with a little help from the good people here at XDA, I was able to not only make the transition, but also discover just how much more powerful Android is in comparison to iOS. In all fairness though, iOS is, for lack of a better term, the perfect "everyman" mobile OS. But if power, control, and versatility are your bag, Android is the way to go. So if you are in fact a recent iOS-to-Android convert, please let me know. I'd be happy to help show you the ropes.
Let me know if you'd like to swap your phone's internal and external storage; and also let me know if you've recently ditched iOS. In addition to the internal/external storage swap trick, there are a plethora of other tricks, hacks, mods, and techniques that can be used on Android to yield an almost infinite number of effects, changes, and improvements. Android is very tinker-friendly. So just let mw know how new you are to it, and I can show you all kinds of stuff.
Thank you,
Ed (Mister_Mxyzptlk)
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Heck yeah, I would like to know! Yes, I was an iPhone user since 2007. A long as I don't need to root my phone out install a custom firmware, I would really like to know how to use my 32 micro sd card versus the ridiculous 11 GB the Note gives you to install apps and games. I barely had enough room to install Real racing 2.

gman901 said:
Heck yeah, I would like to know! Yes, I was an iPhone user since 2007. A long as I don't need to root my phone out install a custom firmware, I would really like to know how to use my 32 micro sd card versus the ridiculous 11 GB the Note gives you to install apps and games. I barely had enough room to install Real racing 2.
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Well, you will need to root your phone, but it's a completely reversible process. And if you do it correctly, you won't even trip the flash counter.
Anyway, we need to start with what build you're currently running. Could you check "Settings > About Phone" and let me know what build you're currently running. With any luck, it'll be a build that lets you use the ZergRush exploit. That way you won't have to downgrade your phone first.
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Hi Mister_Mxyzptlk,
I have the same doubt/need... I would love to learn more from your experience.
I am rooted and my build # is GINGERBREAD.XXKL7.
I don't mean to hijack this thread!
thanks in advance!

do you also repartition in the process of switching?

Same Problem
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Well, you will need to root your phone, but it's a completely reversible process. And if you do it correctly, you won't even trip the flash counter.
Anyway, we need to start with what build you're currently running. Could you check "Settings > About Phone" and let me know what build you're currently running. With any luck, it'll be a build that lets you use the ZergRush exploit. That way you won't have to downgrade your phone first.
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Are you still able to provide info. REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
Thanks.
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Root your phone, put the sd card in a card reader for your pc, make a second partition on your sd card (Fat32 oder Ext4), get the app Link2SD and your good to go.
Sent from my revived Galaxy Note

altae said:
Root your phone, put the sd card in a card reader for your pc, make a second partition on your sd card (Fat32 oder Ext4), get the app Link2SD and your good to go.
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Thanks, but I don't have card reader, can I use phone to partition sd card.

You can have a look at my signature

I used two apks I found on here. They literally swap memory. My SD shows as 64gig USB and acts like USB.
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storage space running out
altae said:
Root your phone, put the sd card in a card reader for your pc, make a second partition on your sd card (Fat32 oder Ext4), get the app Link2SD and your good to go.
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Thanks....but still get above error.

RenegadeI said:
Thanks, but I don't have card reader, can I use phone to partition sd card.
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You can by connecting your device to a pc in mass storage mode and using a partitioning software. But it's kind of tricky. I tried several times to no avail so in the end I got myself a card reader. I recommend you to do the same, they are cheap nowadays. It's far more reliable than trying to do it with your phone.
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Location of SD Card

Hi guys, can't find this anywhere and it's driving me mad.
I've just added a 64gb micro sd to my Note. I'm trying to set up Spotify so that it syncs offline tracks to my micro sd. What is the location of my micro sd? It comes up with mnt/sdcard but it still seems to be saving to my phone rather than the sd?
Thanks in advance.

on mine its something like mnt/sdcard/external_sd

Prettty much this.
RudiRulez said:
on mine its something like mnt/sdcard/external_sd
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On my stock, root is generally hidden from me, so I start with /sdcard/ using the file explorer the /sdcard/external_sd/ has a different icon to the other files, making it easily identifiable.
I would check to make sure that the 64gb SD Card is supported by the note, I know in the past 32GB has been the limit, but I'm a new note user and only dumped a 16GB one into mine that works fine.

You need to format a 64gb card IN the phone before using it.
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[Q] Move apps to internal (USB) storage instead of removable SD card?

Hi all!
Is there any way to have apps being moved to the internal (USB) storage instead of the external removable SD card. IMHO, the latter is - as the name suggests - removable, thus you'd lose your apps, while the USB storage is always with the phone (at least until you break it)...
Besides the moral question, I'm facing two problems with the external SD card holding apps:
1. apparently, these get somehow corrupted. I move a bunch of (innocent, no widgets, no system stuff, ...) to the SD card. Works fine... until I reboot, then hell breaks lose: Everything crashes, to the point that the phone warm resets. And that over and over again without escape (did I say I love backups ).
2. I changed my card now and copied over the .android-secure folder contents from my old to the new card. Yet, Android doesn't recognize them and insists in that they are unavailable.

I've had similar issues with #1, however I suspect that my SD card is misreporting 32GB when it is really only 16GB (it was a cheap one from ebay - won't do that again!!)
Not sure with #2 as never tried it - maybe you need to reapply superuser permissions to them?

TempusFudgeIt said:
I've had similar issues with #1, however I suspect that my SD card is misreporting 32GB when it is really only 16GB (it was a cheap one from ebay - won't do that again!!)
Not sure with #2 as never tried it - maybe you need to reapply superuser permissions to them?
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I learnt the hard way - if you buy it cheap, you buy it twice.
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AMoosa said:
I learnt the hard way - if you buy it cheap, you buy it twice.
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+1 Very very true!

TempusFudgeIt said:
I've had similar issues with #1, however I suspect that my SD card is misreporting 32GB when it is really only 16GB (it was a cheap one from ebay - won't do that again!!)
Not sure with #2 as never tried it - maybe you need to reapply superuser permissions to them?
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Agreed, never buy memory there. Often (especially if they are suspiciously cheap), it's stuff that didn't pass quality tests, sold by some that work at the factory, or as you said, fake sizes.
However, my card worked perfectly well for a year in other phones, thus I think it's OK. Must be something with the phone, hope it ain't a hardware problem, though.
No clue what is wrong with copying over. There are no permissions on fat, thus cant be that. However, it might have been something with the copy process, I had a bit of trouble there. I hope it works next time due…
However, I would really prefer to have all in internal storage, but apparently that cant be done, sigh.
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[Q] Whats the best way to Format SD Card

I have a SanDisk Ultra Card, 32gb.
Constantly having isses with it disconnecting and when I copy files onto it, it drops out when it transfers over 10mb.
Very annoying. I used SD Formatter which does SD/SDHC/SDXC cards. Thought that would be the best way. Seems not.
How should I format the card once I backup all the data?

What about just settings --> storage --> erase sd card?

grdnwng said:
What about just settings --> storage --> erase sd card?
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But that just erases, does not format the card.?

put the sdcard on your pc, with some kind of adapter, then open "disk management", then right click on sdcard and format.....this worked for me and I had the same problem that you have......if this don't work, it's possible that your sdcard is damaged.....

ptoner said:
I have a SanDisk Ultra Card, 32gb.
Constantly having isses with it disconnecting and when I copy files onto it, it drops out when it transfers over 10mb.
Very annoying. I used SD Formatter which does SD/SDHC/SDXC cards. Thought that would be the best way. Seems not.
How should I format the card once I backup all the data?
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Yeah i know what you're talking about.
I have the 64Gb ultra. Massive issues that after a day or two it would stop working and need to reformat.
Told SanDisk and after cutting it up, taking a pic, sending it to them they sent me another one.
Its now working flawlessly on format: exFAT

Cutting it up!? Did you just email them? They have a lifetime guarantee, don't they. Same thing still happens after two reformats. Looks like it will have to be replaced.
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ptoner said:
Cutting it up!? Did you just email them? They have a lifetime guarantee, don't they. Same thing still happens after two reformats. Looks like it will have to be replaced.
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Yep. The procedure was:
1-email support, tell them the issue.
2-they email back and as you to quote your serial number (tiny and very hard to read)
3-then theý email back and say cut it into 2 pieces, and want proof.. so an email of image of it cut up
4-then 5 days later i got a new card.
So don't cut it up yet. email them first and then I'm sure thats what they will tell you to do.

hamdogg said:
Yep. The procedure was:
1-email support, tell them the issue.
2-they email back and as you to quote your serial number (tiny and very hard to read)
3-then theý email back and say cut it into 2 pieces, and want proof.. so an email of image of it cut up
4-then 5 days later i got a new card.
So don't cut it up yet. email them first and then I'm sure thats what they will tell you to do.
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Gentleman, thanks for the advice!

try minitool partition wizard home edition.