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[Vibrant General] therealdarkdemon:
all the card says on it is microSD HC 32GB nothing else but its labled the same way my 8gb card is and the 8gb works fine only thing is with 24gb total im out of memory already with all my music i want on it but tmobile says according to their user manuals the tmobile version supports up to 16GB
[Vibrant General] ben7337:
The phone supports Micro SDHC, which is a standard. The same way any old camera made before 512mb, 1gb, and 2gb cards even existed can support those sizes, so too can any phone that supports MicroSDHC support 32gb cards. I am almost 100% certain that it is not actually possible for the phone to not support a 32gb card. Any issues you are having are likely something else. I recall a similar problem with my 8gb miscro SDHC card in a sansa Clip+, it wouldn't copy more than a certain amount onto the card before windows would just stop and fail. It was just a software issue in how I set something up. You are likely running into a similar problem.
[Vibrant General] I_Droid:
Did you format the card on the phone? If not, try that.
[Vibrant General] CharonIDRONES:
Not to be a downer, but $40 is quite a steal for a 32GB microSDHC card, as they are about $100 more than that. It is likely not a 32GB - Have you tested using a computer and formatting it and filling it up with say 32GB of data (music, videos, etc)?
[Vibrant General] oDeACoNo:
I have a 32 Gb sandisk micro sd card that i put in my vibrant the first day I got it and haven't had a single issue with it. I didn't even have to format it. I just dropped it into the phone and transfered my music and movies an such to it no issues at all.
[Vibrant General] boomerbubba:
My 8 Gb drive, as formatted by the Vibrant, shows up as two logical drives when mounted on my computer via the USB cable. Is this the case for you? On my Windows computers, those happened to be assigned as the E: and F: drives. Your assingments may vary.

I noticed when I was copying the Movies folder containing Avatar to this card that I needed to copy it to the logical E: drive, which was otherwise empty. It did not work when I copied the folder to the subfolder called /sdcard on the logical F: drive. But other simple data files, copied to the root of F:, show up on the phone's SD card and are accessible.

So maybe media folders are treated special somehow? I don't fully understand. But if you do see two drives, you might try copying the Music folder to the other one.
[Vibrant General] kelmerp:
I'm not sure what's going on in your particular case as far as what you can copy where, but the reason you have two volumes showing up is because you're seeing both the interal 16GB and the microSD card (which Avatar is on).
[Vibrant General] Aphotix:
As stated above the vibrant definitely supports 32gb. Have you tried the card in another phone?
[Vibrant General] designerfx:
eh, I don't want to hate directly, but knowing the guy's luck it's probably a class 2 or something if it's that low on price.

kelmerp is correct as to the other reason - the guy is not looking at the right share. When the phone is mounted via usb, you will see 2 shares on your pc.
[Vibrant General] jganyard:
Post the source if you feel it's reliable...
[Vibrant General] gravis86:
Umm... Class 2 is all that's out right now for 32GB as far as I know. And they're running upwards of $100 easy. The Sandisk one is the cheapest at $99 from Verizon.
[Vibrant General] kwbdc:
I bought a 32g off of ebay and it was ~85 dollars and it works perfectly. I stuck it in the phone formatted and then transferred everything over. Sandisk.
[Vibrant General] N8QDogg:
32gb card working fine for me...

Hey all, I hope this reply is of some help to you. But I have to say this, I GOT A BETTER DEAL THAN YOU, lol! I got a 32gb card off of ebay for $23 shipped. And I too thought that it was a bs deal, too good to be true. But thank GOD for China, lmao. I got it after 15 days and my phone immediately recognized it and said I had 31.4gb of memory available without formatting. I have not rooted my phone, so I cant take full advantage of it like moving all apps to my sd card but I am trying my best to pack it full. I have several movies I was trying to put on the card and alot of music. The movies and music transferred over fine according to my computer, I then unmounted the usb and checked the phone and of course, nothing there. So I did a little more reading about the movies because those are bigger files and what I wanted on the card the most. So I read that I need to convert them from mp4 or avi, or whatever form they may be in to whatever you want depending upon how many fps you would like. And the program I used is AVS video converter 6. And I converted them and recopied and it worked perfectly. I now have Avatar(preloaded of course), Slingblade, Hot Tub Time Machine, Kings of Comedy, Harlem Nights and Book of Eli on my phone!!! Real bragging rights. My music was in mp3 format and I will convert it to mp4 and try it again. According to what I have read it works that way too. Take advantage, I stay in these forums but am not afraid to google any situation because I know I am not the only one trying to have a real Iphone killer. Email me or pm me if you have any ?s I will be happy to share what Ive learned as well as walk you thru it if necessary!

P.S. The ONLY reason I am not in a huge rush to download music is because I use Pandora radio like its no one's business. So most of my music I just get from there. Create a station for your favorite singer or whatever and go from there. But I will post detailed instructions after I do the music again tomorrow. Let me know...
[Vibrant General] N8QDogg:
Video on youtube to convert movies for android phones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBJy8rIYMMg&playnext=1&videos=pF9AiZuMpj0
[Vibrant General] N8QDogg:
Easiest way

You know videos may be the same way, but to hell with that. It'll take forever and I didnt think mucic should have to be converted. Just open itunes if you dont have it then download it and put your music in it and welcome yourself to 2010 lol. Click and drag whatever song or album you want on your phone and then drop it into the folder in your sd card and thats it. It immediately shows up on your phone and is playable. And to think of how long I tried doing the music other ways, lol. Gotta love Apple!
[Vibrant General] jganyard:
Post the ebay seller...
[Vibrant General] jahnile:
The only true 32g SD card is from scan disk. Many of the 32g card found on eBay will give these mentioned issues. Those cards are just a waste of money for the most part.
[Vibrant General] Mr. Fry:
Just because the phone reads the card as 31.4Gb does not mean that it is a 32Gb card. As others have said they only way to be sure that you have the capcity card you think you do is to fill it up with content. Since you aren't able to do that, and because $23 or $40 or whatever is all extremely low for that size, I'd say you don't have a legit card.
[Vibrant General] N8QDogg:
Im Sorry Fry, but thats just ignorant. I have a 2tb hd in my computer and guess I'll never know if its actually 2tb until I fill it up. My phone recognizes the card as what it is, my desktop and laptop recognizes it as 32gb but i guess according to you its too early to know. No disrespect, but Im new to posting here, not new to computers and peripherals as it is my profession.

And here is the link to my ebay 32gb mini sd card for $23.50 shipped:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150462971707&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
[Vibrant General] Takasniper:
N8QDogg do you know what class that microsd you got is?
[Vibrant General] N8QDogg:
It said up to 4mb/sec transfer on the packaging. So a class 4 I'd presume. Its not a top dog 6 but hell Im happy as can be with it.
[Vibrant General] temperbad:
thats pimp right there. Thanks for the link and Ill definitely check this out. And lmaooo at the haters saying its a bunk card... Jealous much? Buy one he posted the link... Awesome bro, the dude has alot of good feedback too 100%
[Vibrant General] psychoace:
The reason why you should do this with your card is because it comes from a non reputable dealer. The hard drive you bought came from a reputable brand I assume and not some shady no name maker like your SD card. The SD card maker doesn't have to worry if you get a **** product or not because he will always find suckers who bite on the low price. A brand name company can't do that cause they could incur legal troubles. An SD card can easily trick your computer into thinking it has more storage then it does. That is why before you persuade others to throw down money on this product you should know your not being a **** and setting them up to waste money. I'm sure you are not doing it on purpose but to not be helpful and test the quality of this shady product would be a pretty **** of a move .
[Vibrant General] designerfx:
I don't think anyone is jealous but more that the op's comments are smug and stupid.

Would you expect someone to reply to "haha its better than you will get, suckers" with a positive comment?

There may or may not be issues with the card if it doesn't function as promised, eg class 2 instead of 4.

You don't have to fill it to verify space. I don't know where that came from.
[Vibrant General] s3gfault:
If i was making scam microsd cards, i would write incorrect data into the boot sector of the card. The data there is how an OS knows the size of the card. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table#Boot_Sector

Bytes per sector (0x0b) times Total sectors (0x13) == fat file system size. If the manufacturer put lies in the data in the boot sector, how would you know???

Check this post: http://sosfakeflash.wordpress.com/2...standard-in-detecting-usb-counterfeit-drives/
[Vibrant General] Welshy992:
Dftt
[Vibrant General] Broken:
Many people have been bit by fakes on Ebay. Many. There is a program that can verify if the card actually has the memory claimed. I added the program here. It will right data to the card and then verify.

Just because it says 32GB doesn't mean you have it.
[Vibrant General] N8QDogg:
Guys, some of you are missing the original point. I did make it a priority to announce how good of a deal "I" believe I got. Not to piss on the next guy, but its worth tooting my own horn over. I mean who cares if someone believes that it may not be a full 32gb. I have over 15gb on it now and for $23.50 I believe thats well worth the $1.36 per gigabyte. Even Billy Graham would take that gamble. Enough of the authenticity ?s has the original poster had help with his problem? Were any of the suggestions beneficial to you to get your music and all going?
[Vibrant General] k.prawel:
Restart on Thread - 32GB file errors on new formatted flash

Hello folks,

Forums go in the wrong direction quick... and this one's no exception. I am an adult with a good amount of experience with technology (IT director for a 5mil/year SMB) and understand that most of the time "you get what you pay for" applies. However, that is not an appropriate solution to this tread.

After that actualization, I too am experiencing these problems.

Yes, I bought a cheap card on eBay.

Yes, I have formatted it on the phone directly and haven't tried formatting through the share android allows via USB. (and I understand the difference between the internal and expansion sd drives) It formatted to the appropriate size for bite/byte ratio.

and, Yes I am experiencing exactly the problem referenced by 2 others on this thread... I can transfer files to the card, they show up fine on PC side (I can even view/run fine), but all the files are missing when I go and look directly on the device.

I am ready to return the card to the online vendor; however, it seems interesting that a few others are experiencing the same issues.

It's even more fascinating that I can run them from the device connected to my computer (win7), but when I disconnect and look at astro- the files are not there! I reconnect to my computer and the files are gone from there now too!

I have even tried files transfered to the card directly from the device via 'andFTP'. File transfers, and the device sees the file! but go and try and run it from any application (jpeg for example), and it is unable to view... it sees it as the wrong format type for that codec (also with other formats). I'm pretty sure I have a bad card... bit loss... but the investigation...drives us?

Anyone serious want to look at this?

What's a good "disk check" like equivalent for this situation to check consistency on the card. Could it be a firmware issue?

I'd simply blame the card... but the fact I can transfer files... and run them from the device on the original pc, (meaning the files most likely made it there), unplug and have the files disappear... makes me think there's a file system error going on. Firmware issue?

Thanks again for your thoughtful reply,

Kyle
[Vibrant General] dstewart:
I am having the same problem too!

I have now checked the card using hdtune and reformatted it several times. I also purchased a usb sdhc card reader specifically. Just in case my built in readers were malfunctioning, but that has not solved the problem.

I can transfer the files to the card. I can even read and access the files on the card on my computer. However, when I put the card into the phone, but files are not there, and the file folders are empty. Then, when I put the card back into my computer the files are gone or in some cases corrupted and have garbage file names.

While it is comforting to know that I am not the only one with this problem, I am still looking for a solution. Has anyone found one? Here is my thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=10115532#post10115532
[Vibrant General] N8ter:
Fat32 performance degrades when the volume gets big. I would not put all my applications on there. I dunno how most people can use up one and a half gigs with android appliations on the phone, personally.

But if you fill that card up with lots of files you will eventually slow it down. Fat32 also has a volumewide limitation on how many files you can have on the disk (small images, album art etc all take up a slot)...

Edit: All SD cards come preformatted fat32. The filesystem is called for in the spec.

The vibrant supports 32gb cards.

Just because something has a slot doesn't mean it supports all capacities. The N900 only supports up to 16 GB cards and there are many other phones. .. even droids included. .. which do not support 32gb cards...
[Vibrant General] couped:
Directory structure can be a problem the stock music app. Try ProAmp. Btw why advertise how much money you make?
[Vibrant General] oka1:
Forget the sd card. And next time get a quality fast write card it is worth every penny (got a 16g class 10 Wintec) The likely problem is how the firmware/software in the op system is configured. If..........Samsung set the phone up to only recognize 16g, then that is all it will recognize. And if the phone has to be "tricked" into seeing the 32g, the only way that could happen is by writing a subroutine that does that, and i am not knowledgeable to know how to do that, or if the hardware will be able to execute a patch like that. Not sure if any in here remember Win 98 (might have been 95) only recognized 3.2 gig originally, so in order to put a 20 gig hard drive we had to write a "virtual hard drive patch until Microsoft got their act together. This sounds like a problem like that. LOL 15 years ago we were using 20 gig hard drives........... now 2TB
[Vibrant General] Kubernetes:
I've got the Sandisk Class 2 32gb card and it works perfectly. It's certainly fast enough for music... most of my videos are on internal SD, but I did put Avatar on the external once and it ran perfectly. A faster card might help with the initial data transfer, but once you've got it all on, Class 2 is fast enough.
[Vibrant General] N8ter:
Windows XP needed a patch for drives bigger than 160gb, iirc.

Most OSes produced back then did. No one knew storage sizes would beloon so fast.

Hardly anyone had 80gb drives in 2001, and certainly not 160 outside of servers and high end workstation class rigs...

In the middle of 2004 high end Sony Various notebook computers were shipping with 40-60gb drives. In 2001 most had 10-20gb drives.

Yes, things picked up fast around 03/04 in desktops and storage sizes ballooned, especially around 08/09.
[Vibrant General] Drewstein:
Use Broken's program attached above. Awhile ago I purchased a supposed 16g micro SD off ebay. When I put it in my computer it said it had 16g, it even looked like I was copying over movies. When I put it in my phone it would say it couldn't read the file. I probably spent 2 days reformatting my movies thinking it was them when it was really the card. After running that program it was only a 2g card made to look and act like a 16g card.

Later I manned up and paid the price for a real one from a reputable place.
[Vibrant General] tbrar:
For those who are able to see the files when copied on the memory card using computer and not on phone. Try copying files on card disconnect/unmount from computer and connect/mount again without putting it in phone. You will find that files are not there. This happens because windows/or any other OS caches write operations to removable drives to aid performance the data is synced only when you explicitly call disconnect. Your cards either got corrupted or you got scammed.
[Vibrant General] 0okami:
Very frustrating.

Im also experiencing this mysterious files disappearing on my evo.

Class 4 Kingston 32gb MicroSD card barcode: 6602548

Price: $70usd~

I load media on the card, and when i disconnect, the files are not there but the file occupancy has remained allocated.

I look at the folders where the files are supposed to be and it says 0 files. 0 bytes.

Very Puzzled.

Im running h2testw on the card but the card is in my evo... i hope that does not affect outcome. I dont have a standalone card reader.

write speed is between 3.64 and 3.9

I'll post my results in about 4 hours.

(1.49h remain but im going to sleep. Gotta work early)

note to self: ".nomedia" bug?
[Vibrant General] Arkasai:
Have you been reformatting fat32 each time, or have you tried ext3 or ext4? If that doesn't work you might have a bum card
[Vibrant General] 0okami:
I have not tried ext...

I can do that for the android?

Anyway, here's my test result:

Warning: Only 31180 of 31181 MByte tested.
The media is likely to be defective.
1.8 GByte OK (3808112 sectors)
28.6 GByte DATA LOST (60048528 sectors)
Details:8.0 MByte overwritten (16585 sectors)
0 KByte slightly changed (< 8 bit/sector, 0 sectors)
28.6 GByte corrupted (60031943 sectors)
8 MByte aliased memory (16384 sectors)
First error at offset: 0x00000000742fc000
Expected: 0x00000000742fc000
Found: 0x000000079cbe0000
H2testw version 1.3
Writing speed: 3.77 MByte/s
Reading speed: 7.41 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4

If im understanding that correct, it is saying that its really a 2gb drive?

I've reformatted the card in the evo and im running another test.

If that fails, im going to try ext formatting, and if that fails, im contacting amazon.com
[Vibrant General] EvilAldo:
It's the card people, get over it.

I also bought a 32gb card on ebay cheap and yes my computer recognized it as 32 for a while and then all of a sudden when i tried to add a large file my vibrant no longer recognized the card. Maybe i disconnected it before turning off usb storage or whatever, but the card is bunk now. That could be the problem, but it's still a garbage card. whining about it anymore isn't going to bring it back so i'm just going to buy another one only maybe a 16gb instead. Can someone please close this thread already?
[Vibrant General] Arkasai:
Yep, shouldn't be any problem seeing ext partitions. If I remember right apps2sd requires some ext and a linux-swap partitions to function.

I'm probably gonna bite the bullet in the future and only buy name brand memory : / I keep hearing stories like this over and over. I think it's shady dealing in Shenzhen to be honest. These cards might have been faulty and set aside to be destroyed, but a worker in charge sold them to someone instead. Or they're actually 2GB cards like you suspect, in which case you really should be talking to amazon.
[Vibrant General] chauza01:
I just bought a used class 4 32gb sandisk from craigslist for $70. It's easy to determine if you're getting a fake one like if the card has a poor quality printing on it or made up of a cheap plastic. Another thing is, don't buy memory cards from ebay specially those coming from HK. Yes, they're cheap, even the performance is!

Want a cheap 32gb microsd card? I'd suggest buying a used genuine one rather than a new fake one. =)
[Vibrant General] BruceElliott:
Punctuation? lol :p
[Vibrant General] 0okami:
what happens if you add a blank text file named " .nomedia "

do these files still keep vanishing?

Sounds similar to my problem i was having but i never got around to adding the .nomedia into the folders. someone more knowledgeable with time could chime on what it does ...

Also google "h2testw" and read about that.
[Vibrant General] rlmiller:
needing help / info with 32gig card

I have rooted EVO, CM7. After removing 16gig card and placing 32gig, it started randomly rebooting, locking up, slow to respond and gallery will FC every time!!! I have to remove the battery to work again. I removed the 32gig and it works as it should. Can any one point me in the right direction for correcting this or can someone provide fix here?

Thanks for any help

Robby
[Vibrant General] mugenfiji0327:
FAIL!!! I have a 32GB SDHC in my vibrant and have had no issues or errors and when I go into settings it shows that I have a 32GB. Sounds like you probably got ripped,whether you think your source is reputable or not.

Edit: Just checked mine out it's also a class 4.
[Vibrant General] movieaddict:
Most people buy 16 gb sd cards for music for there vibrant not everyone but alot and i dont see why?? why waste ur money in my opinion! Audio Galaxy music streaming app is flawless for me when it comes to streaming my music collection for me so why would i waste my space on my sd card when that music will stream all my music collection on my unlimited data phone and i dont have to waste my money on a 16 gb sd. Heres wht i have 60, 178 songs in my collection. Plus it works over 3g or wifi and its a free app. Plus they just did a major overhaul of the app, new ui etc...so thats my opinion.!
[Vibrant General] mugenfiji0327:
Streaming isn't always an option for everybody,not everybody has the signal strength to stream their music everywhere. I'm pretty sure that would be the reason WHY everybody likes to have their music on their sd cards.

Common sense.....
[Vibrant General] Gilgehmesh:
I have a Transcend 32GB microSD class 2 card that I bought from B&H for 74.99. It's now 63.68. It works perfectly. I've almost filled it up completely (only 328 MB free left) and it's still working great. Buy microSD from reputable source and your 32GB card should work great with your Vibrant. They also have a Sandisk class 4 32GB card for 74.95. The only headache with B&H is that they close for all Jewish holidays. In that case, Newegg has tons of 32GB cards for cheap as well. These are two online retailers that I trust the most.
[Vibrant General] mugenfiji0327:
Much agreed lol.
[Vibrant General] nacron:
I have a 16gb class 10 wintec I got from fry's for $24. Used to get skipping music when using waze with a sandisk class 4, not with the wintec. All those idiots praising the cheap fake ebay cards, wait until you loose your data.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] system02:
Hi,

I've just tried the 1.6 Port of Android on my Sony Vaio UX1n.

Run's good but I have a few questions:

- Is there any chance to use the touchscreen of the Sony UX?

- Is it possible to install android on the Memorystick or CF-Card instead of the USB-Drive?

It would be such a great fast Android machine :-)

Thank you for any help, tips etc. :-)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asim.sidz:
I have bought a used but as good as new ux390N today. Could you share your knowledge about how youbwere able to port and run android on your device? Thanks in advance.