Can anyone recommend an adapter that I can use to read an external MicroSD card on a Moto G 5G (UK model)? I have a couple of OTG adapters which I've tried (they were for micro-USB slots so I used a micro-USB to USB-C adapter), but neither of them will read a micro SD card in a USD/SD Card adapter (the card doesn't get detected as a storage device doesn't get recognised by file manager apps like Solid Explorer).
The internal card slot is already in use, and I want a quick way to read a card externally without having to remove the internal card.
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Does the Samsung Galaxy S3 take more than one Micro SD card? I see some forum/youtube comments mentioning an internal as well as an external micro sd card, but I can't find an external slot on my phone!
Unfortunately it doesn't. The phone treats the internal 16 or 32 GB storage as "Internal SD Card", and microSD socket behind the rear cover as "External SD card".
Internal SD is the inbuilt non removable and the micro SD external is next to the sim card which you can remove.
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SamGalS3_556 said:
Does the Samsung Galaxy S3 take more than one Micro SD card? I see some forum/youtube comments mentioning an internal as well as an external micro sd card, but I can't find an external slot on my phone!
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You can connect a external SD card via a USB OTG cable.
SamGalS3_556 said:
Does the Samsung Galaxy S3 take more than one Micro SD card? I see some forum/youtube comments mentioning an internal as well as an external micro sd card, but I can't find an external slot on my phone!
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the "external" slot is the one under the battery cover.
"internal" is not accessible by you, without taking the whole apart, as it is attached to the motherboard.
The external slot is just under the battery cover which allows you to put a microsdhc card, the internal sd is a soldered in memory chipset, and the android os will indicate this as internal sd.
you can also use the USB OTG for other memory cards, flashdisk or HDD.
Hi everyone,
I read that the process of upgrading to a new micro SD only involved a simple copy and paste from the old card. I got a SanDisk Ultra 32 GB MicroSDHC (SDSDQUA-032G-U46A) and after multiple tries I cannot get my Xperia Play to properly read the data from the old card once it's on the new card. I've tried formatting the card with the phone, with the computer, and nothing improves (I used FAT32 as the format). The closest I got was the app icons showing up properly but the apps force closing once I started them.
What can I do? Is there a tool that will allow me to transfer everything without screwing up path files in the process?
Anyone?
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check the sd card if its fulty(yes there is sd cards that fulty from the shop).
the best way to do it is put the sd card to adapter (sd card to usb) and connect it to the pc.if its not working.take it to the shop you buyed and replace it.
Is the sdcard legit? Did you buy your sdcard from reliable source more info would be nice. Is your sdcard formatted to FAT 32?
Same issue here
Formatted on computer to FAT32. Copied files over via computer, stick the new card in. Phone lags and freezes, apps are "not installed", and when I try to format via the Play, the phone just freezes.
Card is legit, bought from Best Buy, passed all the tests, works just fine using a an adapter (usb and regular sd).
masteril said:
check the sd card if its fulty(yes there is sd cards that fulty from the shop).
the best way to do it is put the sd card to adapter (sd card to usb) and connect it to the pc.if its not working.take it to the shop you buyed and replace it.
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I connected it to my PC and works just fine. It can read and write using the adapter.
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Is the sdcard legit? Did you buy your sdcard from reliable source more info would be nice. Is your sdcard formatted to FAT 32?
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I bought it from Amazon, from a certified seller. Yes, it is formatted to FAT32.
Hi, can someone share the way of setting up the Tab S, I would like to plug-in my Micro USB flash drive as an external storage on the Tablet S. Thanks.
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Hi, can someone share the way of setting up the Tab S, I would like to plug-in my Micro USB flash drive as an external storage on the Tablet S. Thanks.
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Insert your microsd. In settings go to storage and have the tab format it then you are done. Use your file manager app of choice to transfer files to the extsd. In your file manager, your extsd may be labeled sd1 where internal is sd0.
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Setting up for using a external Micro USB flash drive.
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Insert your microsd. In settings go to storage and have the tab format it then you are done. Use your file manager app of choice to transfer files to the extsd. In your file manager, your extsd may be labeled sd1 where internal is sd0.
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Thanks, Johnny, I went to "Setting-Storage" and didn't see any external storage sd but the inserted SD cd, I don't want to format my inserted SD CD, I then tried the APP (File Command) but it only showing the inserted SD CD again with no sd0 or sd1 to choose from.
I think may be I am using a non-OTG compatible flash drive, I am using a regular USB flash drive + a USB to Micro USB adapter to simulate the micro usb flash drive. Thanks again.
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Thanks, Johnny, I went to "Setting-Storage" and didn't see any external storage sd but the inserted SD cd, I don't want to format my inserted SD CD, I then tried the APP (File Command) but it only showing the inserted SD CD again with no sd0 or sd1 to choose from.
I think may be I am using a non-OTG compatible flash drive, I am using a regular USB flash drive + a USB to Micro USB adapter to simulate the micro usb flash drive. Thanks again.
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Is your adapter a samsung product or rated for samsung? I ask cause sammy has a slightly different pin configuration for data. I didn't think generic micro usb adapters work. I'm not a 100% sure if this is the case with our tab, but it was in the old days with the s3 (I had to use their usb to hdmi adapter or one made for samsung products)
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/ET-R205UBEGSTA or get something similar.
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What is the file format of your flash drive?
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Thanks, Johnny, I went to "Setting-Storage" and didn't see any external storage sd but the inserted SD cd, I don't want to format my inserted SD CD, I then tried the APP (File Command) but it only showing the inserted SD CD again with no sd0 or sd1 to choose from.
I think may be I am using a non-OTG compatible flash drive, I am using a regular USB flash drive + a USB to Micro USB adapter to simulate the micro usb flash drive. Thanks again.
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I'm not exactly sure, what you are trying to do. What is a "SD CD"? I just use a generic micro-USB OTG and attach a USB flash drive. I then get a notification that USB mass storage is attached and the USB Drive then shows up as UsbDriveA in the file manager.
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I'm not exactly sure, what you are trying to do. What is a "SD CD"? I just use a generic micro-USB OTG and attach a USB flash drive. I then get a notification that USB mass storage is attached and the USB Drive then shows up as UsbDriveA in the file manager.
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Thanks for the reply. The "SD CD" means a Micro SD memory card that you insert into the Micro SD card slot on the side of the tab. If you are using a Micro-USB OTG flash drive then that's the answer what I need, I went ahead ordered a Micro-USB OTG flash drive yesterday to use with my Tab S. Thanks.
I was having problems with running crdroid with a micro sd card inserted it would bootloop every time I inserted the SD card. No matter what brand I tried.
What I did was to use it In a otg adaptor and see if that would work phone bootlooped right away. Took the otg adaptor plugged it in the pixel phone I had and went to setting formated it and ejected it from the storage option before taking g out.
Then I swapped the micro SD card otg into the Motorola g7 power the phone did not bootloop but then went into storage and formatted card took out of otg and inserted it in the phone before restarting the phone I went back and setup the memory card and restarted the phone. And everything was working great no issues with the boot looping on crdroid
I suppose you don't need a otg just the card needs to be formatted by a android phone and formatted by it the most important thing is you need to push the eject button next to the SD card In your storage settings before removing the card then you can insert the card in the Motorola g7 power. Just its important that you eject the card wvwrytkme before you remove it or it will cause issues with this phonr
Whenever I attach my USB card reader (via an OTG USB adapter) with an SDcard (taken from my camera) the card would automatically gets formatted by my S9 phone, thereby wiping out the card's content.
How do I disable this auto-formatting behavior?
TIA.