External memory card issue? - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Have a 32 gig sd for about 2 weeks now and had no problems until yesterday. Now media scanner says it is a blank memory card and won't read it. I tried formatting but no luck. Anyone else have this issue before? Is there a fix? Thanks ahead of time for any info!

Where did you get the card? brand? I've read a lot about people getting fake cards from China that are awful quality. Not sure if you can do much but re format it with the computer
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Thats pretty much what I figured, just making sure. Thank you.
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Brand is Kingston Technology. Bought it from friend of a friend so I have no idea where out was originally purchased from.
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Do our i897/i896 support 32GB card ever?

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32 gig sd

Hey I was woundering if I replace my 16 gig micro sd for 32 if it would work cuz I heard somewhere that 16 was max
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I have no experience using one, but they are indeed out there. I have seen many posts of them being used on our Cappys. Plus, ATT has them on there site under "Captivate Accessories". You should be fine. The thing I would look into is the "class" the ATT one is a class 2. Hope this helps.
I have been using a 32 gig sd card in my captivate for about 8 months now. Works fine.
The 16 gig SD card is internal and can't be swapped out. On the other hand, Captivates are capable of handling an additional 32 gigs with an external microSD card for a total of 48 gigs.
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Thanks guys I actully ask someone at the att repair center. And they said yea its ok. And bornamerican u misunderstood me and I see how u did I should have explained it more in detail.
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64GB card, can Galaxy Note use it??

Can the Galaxy Note use a 64GB memory card like the Galaxy SII, ?? I want to get the new Galaxy Note and use my 64GB card in it.
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I've read that it does work with the note. I'll.verify Friday. Ordered a 64GB class 10. I'll keep you updated
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Galaxy-Shadow said:
Can the Galaxy Note use a 64GB memory card like the Galaxy SII, ?? I want to get the new Galaxy Note and use my 64GB card in it.
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Yes, it works. I have two micro SDXC 64gb cards (class 6 and 10) that both work well on the phone.
How much did you guys pay for those?
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How much did you guys pay for those?
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Class 6 I got late last year for $79 and Class 10 I got from Amazon when it was on sale for $50
Im clueless about the classes but the higher the class the faster or better quality the card is?
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Im clueless about the classes but the higher the class the faster or better quality the card is?
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Yes, the higher the class the faster the data read and write speed. but regardless, class 6 is plenty fast enough for anything you do on the phone. But since the price is so close to each other, I would suggest just getting the class 10. You can always use it on your digital camera (newer ones that support it) if you don't use it on the phone. fyi, make sure you format the drive in FAT32 (let the phone recognize the card first before putting it into your computer).
class 10
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-micro...88154&sr=8-2&keywords=sandisk+64gb+micro+sdxc
class 6
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Mobil...88154&sr=8-1&keywords=sandisk+64gb+micro+sdxc
Nice thanks alot for the info
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update
Received my Sandisk 64gb Micro SDXC card today and it was a complete FAIL. Tried to format it in the note, it did not work. Kept saying sd card is blank or is in unreadable format. I tried to format it in FAT32 via CMD on my PC, did not work. I tried to format with other programs did not work. Spent the last 4 hours trying to get this to work to come to the conclusion that I must've received one that was part of the bad batch that was released to the public. I will be returning this one and exchange it. *sigh I'll likley have to wait until next week to try out the new one since its a holiday weekend.
My note wouldn't read it out of the box. I put it on my S2 and formatted it under settings. Then my note started reading it. So you can prob try a different Android phone and format it from the phone... I thought I had one from a bad batch too at first but that fixed it. now it works like a charm.
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Ill try that but i doubt it will work. My pc doesnt even recognize it. It shows it as a drive but it cant do anything with it. Format it, copy files to it...etc etc
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Did you buy it from eBay perchance?
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Did you buy it from eBay perchance?
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nope. i never use ebay. I don't trust it. I got it from amazon. I will say this though...amazon was just the middle man when I first bought it. I returned it already and will be getting a full refund while my new card will arrive tomorrow, but it was purchased from amazon directly this time.
Update. I got the new card and it wouldn't format on the note,but it formatted easily on my pc and works like a charm now. Only issue IM having is that it won't transfer.files above 8Mb/s. Not exactly the 30mb/s that it's rated it. Could be a number of other things causing this, but I'll update once I figure out why it's so slow.
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Update. I got the new card and it wouldn't format on the note,but it formatted easily on my pc and works like a charm now. Only issue IM having is that it won't transfer.files above 8Mb/s. Not exactly the 30mb/s that it's rated it. Could be a number of other things causing this, but I'll update once I figure out why it's so slow.
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UPDATE: new card, which isn't even 2 weeks old, failed on me today. JL;JAL;SDJFLJASLD
Weird.. Ive had mine for over a month and still working. Bought thru amazon. 64 gb and its red with grey. I would contact the seller
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Weird.. Ive had mine for over a month and still working. Bought thru amazon. 64 gb and its red with grey. I would contact the seller
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Seller is amazon. returning it and waiting for another one. *sigh. what format do you have your card in?
I just popped it in my s2 first then under settings i hit format right off the phone.. I originally put it in my note but it wouldn't read it. Wouldnt even load.. After i did the format on my s2 it worked. I uploaded movies, music and used about 70%of it and it runs smooth with no lags... Its a speed 10 btw not the six one idk if that makes a difference or not
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SD Card unmounting unexpectedly

Hey guys,
As of Sunday evening I'm having a recurrent problem where my phone is nearly constantly unmounting and remounting the SD Card, or not recognizing it at all, or saying that its corrupt, this seems to be causing the top of the phone around the sim / sd card cover to get warmer than normal and a significant hit on the battery life, for example today it's been off of charge for about 4 hours and now i have less than 30% battery left.
Obviously this is not normal and there is a fault somewhere so i figured I'd ask here to see if anyone had came across similar issues and see if there was any obvious fixes before doing anything drastic.
The phone is running TiMiN8R's rooted and deodexed JB rom. Locked bootloader, extended standby time is disabled. the SD card is a sandisk 32gb class 4 card.
not sure if that info helps but i figured i better specify it in case anyone asks.
Try to reformat or -partition your card. I think I have seen more problems with Sandisk cards, sometimes only solved by buying an other card. I have no problems with my own Sandisk 32GB though.
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Mad Marty said:
Try to reformat or -partition your card. I think I have seen more problems with Sandisk cards, sometimes only solved by buying an other card. I have no problems with my own Sandisk 32GB though.
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I'm about 90% positive that it was a fake card now, i put an old 8gb card i had in it and its been running fine since, I put the other card into my computer to check it and it's now claiming it's a 32mb not a 32gb card.
Was having this problem with my old san disk 32gb class 4 card. Now im on a new san disk class 10 32gb card and have not had this problem for almost 1 month
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I think you may have a faulty card. I had a SanDisk Ultra C10 32GB and suddenly it behaved the same way. Even worse, I can't get the card to recognize even if I took it to a PC. If I used a 16GB C4 card, then everything was okay.
I sent in my 32GB card for RMA.
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I'd also bet you've got a faulty card. I bought one of the Maplins 32GB cards and had a similar problem with overheating and unmounting. Replaced it and not had any trouble since.
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Oh crap, think I have the same problem as it had stated happening to me out of the blue sandisk 32g card bought from a reputable seller on thief-bay. I'll reformat first and see if it persists.
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Sd card failure

Hi guys,I am having issues with my SD card,my Sp which is about 3-4 months old I have started to have problem with the SD card.
I keep getting SD card error/card removed unexpectedly infact it got so bad I brought a new SD card mid august 2013 and this is now giving me the same error.
Has/have anybody else got/getting similar issue.
The cards I use are sandisk ultimate/extreme class 10 32 gig.
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Hi guys,I am having issues with my SD card,my Sp which is about 3-4 months old I have started to have problem with the SD card.
I keep getting SD card error/card removed unexpectedly infact it got so bad I brought a new SD card mid august 2013 and this is now giving me the same error.
Has/have anybody else got/getting similar issue.
The cards I use are sandisk ultimate/extreme class 10 32 gig.
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Try doing a Full format, and see if it still gives the same errors,
failing that check with a SD card reader on a PC, if it gives the same errors,
those cards should be with a Lifetime warranty if I am not mistaken?
zolaisugly said:
Hi guys,I am having issues with my SD card,my Sp which is about 3-4 months old I have started to have problem with the SD card.
I keep getting SD card error/card removed unexpectedly infact it got so bad I brought a new SD card mid august 2013 and this is now giving me the same error.
Has/have anybody else got/getting similar issue.
The cards I use are sandisk ultimate/extreme class 10 32 gig.
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dude, just a question. is your SD card still usable after the message popped up? cause i experienced once the same issue and i ended up buying a new SD card because my SD card becomes corrupted. by the way, i am using kingston 32gb class 4. today i have my new SD card and i'm afraid that i will face the same issue again after reading your complaint.
My original is only useable when connected to PC via card reader even after a format it is still not reconized by the phone.
My new Card is now behaving and since writing this topic it has resumed and working OK.
Not sure what caused the prob to start with but now I stuck with a card that I feel will fail at any time so I can't transfer data/apps etc in case it fails and have to go through the hassle of back up to PC then format then re transfer to card.
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so in short, your SD card is not corrupted since it can be read by your computer?
Yes but my Sp and my arc and my old x10 will not read the old SD card.
Edit in the last half hour the new SD card had again stopped being recognised and getting SD card removed unexpectedly error......aaagggghhhhh
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Buy one class 10 and forget the problems. In Ebay only for 20 euros
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Joku1981 said:
Buy one class 10 and forget the problems. In Ebay only for 20 euros
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Bro read my op you see I am using have class 10 card........I have used sandisk so not a cheap quality.
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I also experienced the same thing, since I use a sandisk class 10 3 months ago I was having this problem,
I've done a variety of ways to fix it but just the same, I have not tried it with the sd card to another,
so I do not know the cause masalh this from sd card or from my hp
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When ever I put a faulty in an other device it is not recognised.
PC will read it OK backed up then have formatted so many times.
it works OK for maybe 3-5 days then get errors.
The new card I got in august 13 plays up every so often.
An old sandisk class 4 16gig (from x10) seems to be OK, if this goes then I know it is Sp as this card has been working fine in x10
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My SP has the same problem, Sandisk Ultra, 64GB. The SD card is just fine.
I'm really wondering if it is a hardware or a software problem. The SDcard is kind of loose in its place, maybe its the build of the phone or something. Guess I will have to send it back to repairs again then.

Constant Sd card unexpectedly removed issues

Note 4 unrooted 5.1.1/ 64gb Samsung class10 sdhc this is chronic and happening multiple times daily. It seems to have started to occur when moving files from internal memory to card which shouldn't be a problem. I wonder if there is a way to have all downloads go directly to sd rather then moving them with a file manager which seems to have borked the file structure causing these errors. Just my guess. Anyway I haven't found any definate fix so would appreciate any input. I have most of my apps on the card so it is really inconvenient.
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Bump anybody?
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Might be time to replace your SD card?
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Brand new 64 gig samsun class 10
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If it's new, the problem is almost definitely the card; unexpected from a Samsung card but it's definitely possible for any manufacturer to sell a dud. Hopefully an exchange/return is possible? If I were in your spot, I would stick with Samsung and just chalk this one up to "luck of the draw".
I've got quite a collection of cards and most have been problem free (the only brand I've sworn off is SanDisk because almost every one of their cards that I've had has worked fine for a while, then suddenly it's still readable in a phone or PC, but impossible to write to) but the only time that I've had the unmounting problem that you describe was with a brand new card that was clearly no bueno. Good luck!
Im going to try to format the card, fat32 save all the data, and replace it. It just started occuring after moving files like downloaded images and music, so I think the file structure is causing the dismounts. Also the apps that are loaded on the card have the icons disappearing sporadically.
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Where did you buy the card from?....is it authentic
I'm going to blame this one on root. .
Pp.
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Where did you buy the card from?....is it authentic
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Ok not rooted, and the card was
purchased from Samsung with my Note 4 discount. So I have a possible fix for any with this issue. I thought it might be related to wireless charging bc it coincided with this, but it may be because I transferred wallpapers and lockscreen images to external sd. I moved them back to internal storage and havent had a dismount. If it occurs again, Ill format the card. May do a factory reset as well just to kill anu bugs. Can you recommend a good backup method for non root? Ive rooted so long and used Titanium, but obviously cant on a stock device.
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I'm going to blame this one on root. .
Pp.
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It is a bad sd card. Yes, it is new, but it is memory. It fails. I have had issues like this across all cards. Sandisk, Kingston, & Samsung too. It happens.
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It is a bad sd card. Yes, it is new, but it is memory. It fails. I have had issues like this across all cards. Sandisk, Kingston, & Samsung too. It happens.
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Ok Im surprised because it worked for about a year with zero issues. Now my macbook pro wont recognize the phone as drive at all. AFT says "no device" uninstalled kies, not sure if I had it but ran uninstaller, nada. Just charges, not recognized as usb device. Im at a loss. Formatted card, about to do a factory reset. Alot of apps on that card so I'm missing those apps. Odd because with the adaptor I was able to move files on my mac from the card but not to it so its not writable.
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I see the same problem. Does it a few times a week. Haven't tried replacing the card though.
Well reset did not help. The card is bad,but the phone won't be recognized as a USB device at all and it's out of warranty. I lost contacts which I thought were automatically backed up to google. Maybe they're stored on the sd. Used to store on the sim or at least was an option. Now endless headaches due to reset. I didn't root just to avoid this kind of stuff.
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I had this happen a ton when I had an S4 with multiple cards. It just couldn't handle 64gb, but my wifes identical phone could. Maybe your note just has a glitch. First thing is to return for another card though.
The media scanner and it will suck the life out of your battery as it scans every time the card is 'inserted'. This can be disabled though.
I have a 7 year old or older 1gig sandisk class 6 in it now and it hasn't dismounted it yet, though I dont have any apps on it yet.
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