IMPORTANT UPDATE:
So, I just removed the Exchange email account that enforces full-phone encryption, and formatted the external SD card, and now copying to it works perfectly fine! WTF! Isn't copying to the external SD card supposed to work even if the external SD card is encrypted???
ORIGINAL POST:
At some point in the recent past, the ability to copy files to my phone's external SD card ceased.
I will preface this post with the fact that I have two external SD cards:
1.) 32GB card that LG provided with the phone (via the rebate offer that included the 32GB SD card, the spare battery, and the charging cradle).
2.) 64GB SanDisk Ultra that I bought separately.
The 64GB card worked fine when I first bought it, which was shortly after buying the phone.
As time went on, I began seeing errors to the effect of "SD card unmounted unexpectedly". This occurred most commonly when browsing the songs on the SD card in a media player, for example.
I'm not sure if this started before or after I began encrypting the contents of the external SD card (my work's Exchange server began enforcing encryption of all storage on the phone).
When I grew sufficiently tired of the unexpected unmounting behavior to retire the 64GB card and try the 32GB card, I was somewhat surprised to find that the 32GB card is fine and never unmounts unexpectedly.
I thought, "Well, at least the problem is solved. Maybe the 64GB card is bad and I'll mail it to SanDisk for a replacement." Wrong.
While the unmounting no longer occurs (maybe the 64GB card really is bad), I can no longer copy files from my computer (or any other computer that I've tried) to the phone's external SD card.
I have tried with both the old/broken 64GB card and the 32GB that still seems to work fine in all other scenarios. Both cards exhibit the exact same behavior, which makes me think that the inability to copy files to the phone's external SD card through the included USB cable is unrelated.
I have tried from Windows 7 and Windows 10, with both SD cards, and I've repeatedly tried formatting both cards (while inserted into the phone). The result is always one of two things:
1.) Cannot copy [file name] The device has either stopped responding or has been disconnected. -> Stop copying -> Skip this file
2.) The copy dialog appears, and the progress bar begins to move, but it stops either immediately or about 5% of the way through (no matter how many files I'm attempting to copy of how large they are), and it hangs for 5-10 minutes, before it finally times-out and asks me if I want to skip the file or try again. If I try again, the behavior is exactly the same.
I even tried connecting my phone to a Mac laptop running the latest version of Mac OS, installed the driver package from LG, and when I open Android Transfer, the dialog tells me to connect my phone, even when it's already connected. Disconnecting and reconnecting the USB cable changes nothing.
For whatever it's worth:
1.) I'm able to copy files to the internal SD card with no problems whatsoever on the Windows 10 machine.
2.) I'm able to move/copy files from the internal SD card to the external SD card, but only if I use LG's built-in File Manager application. I suppose this is to be expected in Android 6.0 because non-system apps, such as FX File Explorer, lack permission to write to the external SD card.
3.) If I try to drag a file from the internal SD card to the external SD card from within Windows, a "Copying..." dialog appears, but it says, "Waiting: VS986 is busy." and it hangs indefinitely, until I click "Cancel".
4.) Enabling USB debugging doesn't change the behavior.
5.) It seems like the first time I connect the phone to a given USB port on the computer, Android prompts me to allow the computer to access the phone's storage. Whenever prompted, I always click "ALLOW", as pictured in the attached screenshot.
6.) I'm trying this in MTP mode, as that is the only mode in which my external SD card shows-up within the "VS986" device that is mounted in Windows when the phone is connected and unlocked.
7.) I'm using the original LG USB cable that came with the phone.
8.) I've tried all different USB ports; it doesn't make any difference which one I use.
9.) I'm able to copy files from the phone's external SD card to the computer without issue. (Well, "without issue" is an overstatement, but it works most of the time.)
10.) Software vitals are attached in screenshot.
What the hell is going on with this phone? I just performed a factory reset, to ensure that I'm starting with a "clean slate", and it didn't change the behavior.
As a final point of note, I have not tried copying to the phone's external SD card before encrypting it. I will try that and post back (as big of a pain in the ass as it is).
Thanks for any insight here; I'm about to throw this thing off a pier and file an insurance claim.
Have u formatted the sd card clean then tired to copy files over that's the fix I've found for the issue
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Had the same issue with a SanDisk card it has bad sectors on it call them up get another then stop buying sandisk TLC/MLC cards and get SLC cards yes they cost more but are far less likely fail with large files read and rewrites. I use Silicon Power UHS-3 and have had no issues at all even with the UHS-1 version of the same brand.
SLC is an abbreviation of 'Single-Level Cell':
SLC memory stores one bit in each cell, leading to faster transfer speeds, lower power consumption and higher cell endurance. The only disadvantage of Single-Level Cell is the manufacturing cost per MB, meaning that the SLC flash technology is used in high-performance memory cards where speed and reliability are important.
MLC is an abbreviation of 'Multi-level Cell':
MLC memory stores two bits in each cell. By storing more bits per cell, a Multi-Level Cell memory card will achieve slower transfer speeds, higher power consumption and lower cell endurance than a Single-Level Cell memory card. The advantage of Multi-Level Cell memory is the lower manufacturing cost. MLC flash technology is used mostly in standard consumer memory devices.
TLC is an abbreviation of 'Triple-level Cell':
TLC memory stores three bits in each cell. By storing even more bits per cell, a Triple-level Cell memory card will achieve slower transfer speeds, higher error rates and lower cell endurance than both Multi-level Cell and Single-level Cell memory cards. The advantages of Triple-level Cell memory are that the memory chip will be physically smaller than SLC and MLC chips for a given memory capacity, it requires less power to operate than MLC memory and is cheaper to produce. TLC flash technology is used mostly in low-end memory devices where speed and reliability are not important.
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How do I get programs that are installed on my device to find files on my storage card? eg. I have Ms Pocket Streets installed on the device, but when it starts it opens a page which has a drop down menu for "All Folders". "All Folders" shows only folders on the device and not my SD card. This happens with all programs. As you can imagine my 1 Gig SD card is badly under utilized as I have to store all files in the device. I use to have a Nokia 9210, which occasionally suffered this problem, but a reset fixed it. Is there an undocumented reset to fix this? Or is it a problem with SD cards? Could I set up a shortcut to the storage card and if so, how do I do it?
I assume you can "see" the MMC card from File Explorer
I have an XDAIIs which refuses to recognise any SD cards at all, but will work happily with MMC cards
in file explorer, go to root....i.e. "My Device"
then you should see "storage card".....tap it and you should be off...
BAM!!!
good luck....
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I have an XDAIIs which refuses to recognise any SD cards at all, but will work happily with MMC cards
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Hmm im having these troubbles with MMC card, and got my Kingston Secure Digital 1024MB Elite Pro1 today, and haven't seen the problem so far.
And it's fast
Hmm im having these troubbles with MMC card, and got my Kingston Secure Digital 1024MB Elite Pro1 today, and haven't seen the problem so far
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yeah, I know that SD is faster than MMC, but my XDA simply refuses to read any SD cards - and I've tried 6 or so
Damm, never should have wrote that message. My SD card just dissapered and had to do a Soft Reset to get it back........................
DAMM i'm getting tired of constantly having to reset it to use SD :twisted:
Rejoice - My SD_Card has come back
My 1 Gig SD Card is now recognized by ALL my programs. I'm not sure which changes caused it to come back, but here's what I remember I did.
1. I found a zero length file on the device called ignore_my_docs & I copied it to the root directory on my SD_Card.
2. I remapped my SD_Card & renamed it in Pocket Mechanic (Storage Folders - view & configure the storage card mount folders name)
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3. I installed & uninstalled MVP movie player & "voila" everything was fixed.
You might think step 2 was the answer but I checked after this and the card still wasn't recognized. I have noticed that another 4k file has appeared in the SD Card root directory simply named dummy. I don't know if my PPC is trying to tell me something.
I'm guessing what actually fixed it is that the movie player had a playlist generator & I'm thinking that fixed the problem of the device finding the card, but your guess is as good as mine.
I'd certainly be interested in peoples view and if what I've done works on anyone elses PPC.
PS. Tried to FTP both v small files but FTP keeps rejecting :-(
I remapped my SD_Card & renamed it in Pocket Mechanic (Storage Folders - view & configure the storage card mount folders name)
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What do you mean "remapped" the SD card, simply rename the moint point in pocket mechanic?
I'm sure I've tried renaming the moint point but pocket mechanic doesn't even recognise my Sd storage card. I'll play around some more
ANOTHER UPDATE
A colleague at work had the same problem. We transfered a powerpoint presentation to his storage card (1gig SD Card) and when we loaded ClearVue PPT viewer on O2 XDA IIs it didn't list in all folders.
I created a folder on the storage card called My Powerpoint and beamed "dummy" & "ignore_my_docs" to him we tried to transfer both to the root directory on his device, but it reported that "ignore_my _docs" already existed. I think it might be a hidden file.
So after transferring dummy into the root directory we reloaded ClearVue PPT viewer and My Powerpoint appeared in the All Folders list. We selected it and there was the presentation.
It works for me......
Hmmmm...
Well my problem has got worse...
I bought a new 1Gb MMC card since I thought my machine was not reading SD cards and it doesn't work!!!!!. My 128Mb card is fine, but I've reformatted the new card, sowrn at it, pleaded with it etc, but pocket mechanic doesn't even see it.
So I can not read any SD cards and only one of my two MMC cards, but all the cards read fine in my PC
GRRRR!!!!! :evil: :evil:
anybody got any ideas?
weasel said:
Hmmmm...
Well my problem has got worse...
I bought a new 1Gb MMC card since I thought my machine was not reading SD cards and it doesn't work!!!!!. My 128Mb card is fine, but I've reformatted the new card, sowrn at it, pleaded with it etc, but pocket mechanic doesn't even see it.
So I can not read any SD cards and only one of my two MMC cards, but all the cards read fine in my PC
GRRRR!!!!! :evil: :evil:
anybody got any ideas?
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You may have already sorted this but...
I had exactly the same problem with my 1GB PNY SD card it read fine in my pc but not in my mda. I compared it to my old 256 MMC and noticed the card was a bit warped and the bit where the metal contacts are was a bit thinner. So (I know this sounds drastic :? ) I bent the card slightly :shock: (not too much pressure) which made all the contacts touch the relevent bits in the slot and it's worked ok since.
Hope this helps
I'll try anything - which way did you bend it? I presume convex with the connectors on the outside radius
Thanks
Chris
yes that was the way... But just try it both ways and stick it in.. Not too much though, just till you feel a bit of resistance.
hey guys, i'm trying to figure out the best way to transfer a big file (~200mbs) to my storage card... it takes a very long time if i just drag and drop it into my storage card while i'm in active sync... any other ideas? thanks
omar
take out the storage card and put it into your computer's card reader. get an external usb model if necessary.
Bluetooth file transfers are more reliable than mounting it via activesync (or markspace missing sync for mac people), but both are vastly inferior to physical card readers.
i have a SanDisk 16gb micro SD card and recently it has been making file explorer crawl and crash when im trying to navigate my data. i tried using total commander to access the memory card hoping that it was just file explorer giving me a hard time and it is doing almost the same thing in total commander (it is slightly more manageable in total commander) this did not start happening untill a few weeks ago. is there a chance that a corrupted file would be causing this issue or possibly i just have the card too full up? (its not at capacity yet but it is about 1 gig away)
is anybody else having this problem or does anyone have some insight for me? any help is much appreciated.
Chances are it's only a Class 2 card. Those are extremely sllllllooooooowwwww.
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Chances are it's only a Class 2 card. Those are extremely sllllllooooooowwwww.
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correct, it is class 2, but it used to be no problem whatsoever untill a week or so ago, anyone else got any clues?
It could be a combination of the fact that it's Class 2 and you loaded it to near capacity. I wouldn't think a corrupted file could do that, although I might be wrong. It could also just be a bad card. I've gotten a few that work fine for a couple days and then stop working completely. I would go with a higher class in the future (or a lower capacity Class 2 card).
Perform a CheckDisk/Scandisk(equivalent for your OS) on the card either via a Card Reader w/ an adapter, or connecting your phone to your PC in Disk Mode. Kind of fishy that it would happen all of a sudden. Flash media doesn't have noticeable file fragmentation issues.
You could also back up everything you have on the card, reformat the card, and reload everything back to it.
Hopefully this may help.
thanks for your responses, i will definately buy a higher class card in the future. how exactly do i perform that scan on my card though? i have an sd adapter so i can plug it directly into my computer. i use vista for my OS
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thanks for your responses, i will definately buy a higher class card in the future. how exactly do i perform that scan on my card though? i have an sd adapter so i can plug it directly into my computer. i use vista for my OS
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Plug the card into the adapter, and in file explorer on your PC, right-click on the drive that is the SD card. Choose "properties", then the "tools" tab. There you will see the option to "check this drive for errors"
And for future reference, this is the same procedure you would use to do a "chkdsk" on any drive connected to your pc. It will check for signs of defects to the physical media.
I have recently purchased an ADATA and a Samsung 64gb micro SD cards for use with my note 2. Both of these do not allow me to store more than 4gbs of data. All I am trying to do is fill up the cards with mp3 files, organized into folders. If I transfer more than 4gbs all the folders show once the card is inserted in the phone but a majority of the folders are empty even though I know 100% the mps files are in the folders before transfer. I assumed this was due to the cheaper brand ADATA's quality but its the same with the Samsung.
Anyone know whats going on here or what Ill need to do to take advantage of the full 64gb?
Thanks,
Is it formated to exfat?
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melvinchng said:
Is it formated to exfat?
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The adata was, I have seen that FAT32 is best but it was not an option when formatting in windows.
The samsung I have formatted in the phone, then used an SD adapter in my laptop to transfer the files, im not sure what format it is and cannot check right now unless it is possible for me to view this on the device?
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The adata was, I have seen that FAT32 is best but it was not an option when formatting in windows.
The samsung I have formatted in the phone, then used an SD adapter in my laptop to transfer the files, im not sure what format it is and cannot check right now unless it is possible for me to view this on the device?
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Are you rooted?
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melvinchng said:
Are you rooted?
Accidentally sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note 2
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Yes, with stock ROM
You need a format tool on windows or just format on you phone: exFat
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You need a format tool on windows or just format on you phone: exFat
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The ADATA was in exFAT and only allowed up to 4gb out of the 64gb it should have been
The samsung I am using now was formatted in the phone but i used an adapter in my laptop to transfer. Will it be worth trying to transfer via the usb cable and the device?
Iv spent at least 6 hours transferring and formatting now, just want an answer!
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The ADATA was in exFAT and only allowed up to 4gb out of the 64gb it should have been
The samsung I am using now was formatted in the phone but i used an adapter in my laptop to transfer. Will it be worth trying to transfer via the usb cable and the device?
Iv spent at least 6 hours transferring and formatting now, just want an answer!
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Try this.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2002081 mount it as card in stead of media storage
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cheeseymofodude said:
The ADATA was in exFAT and only allowed up to 4gb out of the 64gb it should have been
The samsung I am using now was formatted in the phone but i used an adapter in my laptop to transfer. Will it be worth trying to transfer via the usb cable and the device?
Iv spent at least 6 hours transferring and formatting now, just want an answer!
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You probably have an adapter for your pc that can't handle xD cards - older adapters can only handle cards up to 32gb in size. Go down to Radio Shack and buy an adapter that specifically handles xD (I.e. >32 gb) cards. Using older non-xD adapters with xD cards will almost surely lead to what you're seeing. Don't worry - your new adapter will also handle "lesser" cards.
Mudge
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You probably have an adapter for your pc that can't handle xD cards - older adapters can only handle cards up to 32gb in size. Go down to Radio Shack and buy an adapter that specifically handles xD (I.e. >32 gb) cards. Using older non-xD adapters with xD cards will almost surely lead to what you're seeing. Don't worry - your new adapter will also handle "lesser" cards.
Mudge
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I just tried formatting in the device, and transferred over 14gbs of music over. After a scan the music player only finde 4.1gb of data meaning around 10gbs has been lost for some reason. I didnt use an adaptor this time, I transferred via USB but still the same thing has happened.
Is there a way round this that does not require me to partition my SD card? I only ask as I have done no research on this and would like a simple resolution.
Thanks,
Your card might be fake. People on ebay and other sites offer cards and usb sticks that look like large capacity cards whereas they actually modified low capacity cheap cards. I don't know the name of the tool anymore, but there are test tools around that can tell you whether your card is a fake or not. I was screwed with a USB stick once...
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This is starting to put me of the device altogether now! Searched high and low, not just on XDA but all over the place, lots of people having the same issue. no one able to offer a clear resolution, either they have a 64Gb card that works, or one that don't. I'm trying to use a Samsung branded card as I assumed this would be the safest bet.
I've read stuff about partitions, turning the card into mass storage rather than media storage, and plenty of other suggestions, nothing works or is simply irrelevant. Has anyone that has experienced the same issue managed to get it working?
I'm not even looking to have use of the full 64Gb but I want allot more than the 4Gb maximum the card is currently providing!!!
Look the 4gb you are talking is when the FILE is 4GB NOT the FOLDER. Check your mp3 folder maybe you find a movie in it has 4GB and you didnt notice.
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When you format too leave the partition it to default
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mezo91 said:
Look the 4gb you are talking is when the FILE is 4GB NOT the FOLDER. Check your mp3 folder maybe you find a movie in it has 4GB and you didnt notice.
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When you format too leave the partition it to default
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There is no individual file on the card that is anywhere near 4gb in size, but I do try to transfer well over 4gb at once but each FILe s no more than 6 to 8mb.
I do not understand much about partitioning, any chance of linking me to a basic explanation or guide? Everything Iv found so far has been a little complex.
Most of the folders I try to put on the memory card still show but under weird names, please see attachment for examples. Also now there seem to be some protection on the micro sd card I am unable to remove, I attempt to delete folders with the file browser app and I am told the folder has been deleted but it is not removed at all and when I try via my computer connecting the phone to my laptop via USB I am told there is write protection which I cannot remove. What's all that about??
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There is no individual file on the card that is anywhere near 4gb in size, but I do try to transfer well over 4gb at once but each FILe s no more than 6 to 8mb.
I do not understand much about partitioning, any chance of linking me to a basic explanation or guide? Everything Iv found so far has been a little complex.
Most of the folders I try to put on the memory card still show but under weird names, please see attachment for examples. Also now there seem to be some protection on the micro sd card I am unable to remove, I attempt to delete folders with the file browser app and I am told the folder has been deleted but it is not removed at all and when I try via my computer connecting the phone to my laptop via USB I am told there is write protection which I cannot remove. What's all that about??
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From my experience.
1. Partitioning is like when you partition your hard disk drive on desktop or laptop, say you got 500gb hdd u partition it to 100gb drive c and 400gb drive d for example. Now you dont want that on your sd card.
2. About the lock thing if you insert your microsd card to pc through microsd card adapter you will find a work Lock and a button that goes up and down. There is an arrow next to lock word that points down for lock so u need the lock button to be up so u can edit your files easily.
3. Try to double check again that folder thoroughly there must be a 4gb file u didnt notice becuz when my external hdd was format to fat32 had the same problem then I knew fat32 doesnt support 4gb files not folders.
4. Look some 64gb cards say there are bugs when not formatting to exfat so give exfat a try.
5. I think you might have virus that makes wierd folder names.
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I still think it is a fake card. Had exactly the same behaviour with a fake usb stick once. If you can, get your money back from the seller. Up to the actual size all goes fine, but when putting more data on it, it starts to overwrite existing data on the card, leading to corruption. I have an official Sandisk 64Gb in my NoteII without any problems, both on fat32 as well as exfat.
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It may be the memory card, I purchased it quite cheap for a 64gb from ebay. Could it potentially have anything to do with the firmware I use? Iv contacted Samsung technical about this and they advised looking for a firmware update...
It's not quiet clear to me if you get any error messages while transferring, or if it successfully transferred all files but they are not longer there..
1) Can you see the files on the card from computer? (when phone connected via USB or using adapter)
2) Can you see the files on the card from the phone? (via any file manager, not music players or galleries)
3) How much used/free space on the card showed in phone and computer? (on the phone Settings -> Storage, on computer, right click on the card in my computer -> properties)
Odds that both cards are fake are quiet slim, I'd assume.
There is no such thing as incompatible adapter with xD cards, simply because MicroSD to SD adapters contain no electronics inside, they are all mechanical and the same. However, card reader is another story, it could be incompatible with xD cards, in which case the result would be unpredictable, to the point that it could corrupt other files already on the card.
But that would not affect transferring files directly to the phone via USB.
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It's not quiet clear to me if you get any error messages while transferring, or if it successfully transferred all files but they are not longer there..
1) Can you see the files on the card from computer? (when phone connected via USB or using adapter)
2) Can you see the files on the card from the phone? (via any file manager, not music players or galleries)
3) How much used/free space on the card showed in phone and computer? (on the phone Settings -> Storage, on computer, right click on the card in my computer -> properties)
Odds that both cards are fake are quiet slim, I'd assume.
There is no such thing as incompatible adapter with xD cards, simply because MicroSD to SD adapters contain no electronics inside, they are all mechanical and the same. However, card reader is another story, it could be incompatible with xD cards, in which case the result would be unpredictable, to the point that it could corrupt other files already on the card.
But that would not affect transferring files directly to the phone via USB.
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I don't receive any error messages at all, the files seem to transfer fine but once I try to play some of the MP3s with power amp I am shown 'Failed to play file! "name of track".mp3'. It seems to be only the first 4gb of tracks I transfer are playable once on the device.
Going to start again...
-I have connected my note 2 via usb, using windows 7. Right clicked 'card' under 'GT-N7105' and selected format.
-I have copied 16.4gb (minus the odd playlist, jpeg or text file in some of the folders) of MP3 organised into folders by album and pasted onto 'card'...
-9.99Gb show on the card via the laptop before I disconnect
-Settings on phone show 62.50Gb total space, 45.94Gb available, so 16.56Gb should be used.
-Using the stock file browser most of the folders the MP3s are organised in are empty
- I select several random tracks to play in PowerAmp but get the 'cannot play file' message
- restart device
-try playing random tracks with poweramp but having the same issue, that most cannot be played
-storage settings now show 62.50gb total, 58.51gb available. so only 3.99gb of the mp3s are on the card now.
-connect via USB again and properties shows only 3.92gb on the card are used
Again no more than 4Gb can be used!!
no matter what ive tried nothing seems to have worked. Even the guys at Samsung support couldnt help! They suggested a sandisc card so Iv purchased a 32gb sandisc card which works perfect. Oh well....
After transferring additional mp3 files (by drag and drop method) to external 64GB storage to pay the music Tablet cannot recognize and play them. Is that something to do with 64 GB?
Peter And said:
After transferring additional mp3 files (by drag and drop method) to external 64GB storage to pay the music Tablet cannot recognize and play them. Is that something to do with 64 GB?
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Well, ... if Samsung says that the Tablet can handle a 64GB SD-Card, than the SD-Card isn't the problem.
Did the Tablet recognize the SD-Card before you copied the MP3s to the SD-Card?
Where did you copy the MP3s to? Which directory?
What class is the sd card? Most brands under class 10 gives random problems in Samsung Devices....especially the tabs. I also just drag and dropped all my music to my external. Roughly 700+ songs, all formatted to 112-128 kbps mp3. That reduces the size dramatically without suffering quality loss, on a 32gb class 10 external.
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Well, ... if Samsung says that the Tablet can handle a 64GB SD-Card, than the SD-Card isn't the problem.
Did the Tablet recognize the SD-Card before you copied the MP3s to the SD-Card?
Where did you copy the MP3s to? Which directory?
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Yes, it did recognize the external card. I used Drag and drop method, creating separate audio folder. Problems start when I want do add some files to this folder. Samsung says that it cannot recognize the file. By the way some files I have are FLAC not mp3. adding additional mp3 cases problem
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What class is the sd card? Most brands under class 10 gives random problems in Samsung Devices....especially the tabs. I also just drag and dropped all my music to my external. Roughly 700+ songs, all formatted to 112-128 kbps mp3. That reduces the size dramatically without suffering quality loss, on a 32gb class 10 external.
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It Patriot class 10, 64GB Some files in the folder are flac type I mix them with mp3 . looks like adding mp3 to this folder (which already has 29GB ) causes the problem
I think it's quite simple. If you copy the MP3 files to the internal storage (not all of them, just a fem files for testing purpose),
and the tablet recognizes the files (and you can open them), than you don't have a problem with the MP3s. But if the tablet
still won't recognize the files on internal storage, than something seems to be wrong with your files.
And then I would do it as described by ReeceWyld. re-format them to a max. of 128kbps and try again.
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I think it's quite simple. If you copy the MP3 files to the internal storage (not all of them, just a fem files for testing purpose),
and the tablet recognizes the files (and you can open them), than you don't have a problem with the MP3s. But if the tablet
still won't recognize the files on internal storage, than something seems to be wrong with your files.
And then I would do it as described by ReeceWyld. re-format them to a max. of 128kbps and try again.
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I think there is a problem with memory management in the tablet for such a size like 64GB. I just bought brand new SD card inserted to the tablet and the same problem still exist. Newer bios or OS when I comes up might manage it correctly. That is my opinion.
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I think there is a problem with memory management in the tablet for such a size like 64GB. I just bought brand new SD card inserted to the tablet and the same problem still exist. Newer bios or OS when I comes up might manage it correctly. That is my opinion.
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Ever tried to use your SD-Card with a smaller partition?