Help Can't delete music files from SD card using Android File Transfer

[Mike Chonburi]

I'm using a MacBook Pro OS 10.6.8 with a Samsung Ace 4 Lite phone and can't delete any music files from a 16 GB sd card using the Android File Transfer. The music files on the device storage will delete though. I updated the Google Play Music app but that didn't help. Also, new music transferred to the sd card won't play but old songs play fine. There's nothing wrong with the sd card. Any idea what is wrong?

 

[mikedt]

Ok music copied to SD won't play, and things generally misbehaving, like unable to delete, etc. Although if it's Kitkat or Lollipop, a third-party app may not be able to delete files that it didn't create, that's one of the "security" features of 4.4 and 5.x Android.

Are you absolutely sure there's nothing wrong with the SD, have you actually tested it?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.humanlogic.sdi

 

[Mike Chonburi]

The sd card works with Kindle, photos, videos but not new music. Could there be something wrong with only the music storage function? I'm taking music from You Tube and converting it to a MP3 file.

 

[Mike Chonburi]

The sd card works with Kindle, photos, videos but not new music. Could there be something wrong with only the music storage function? I'm taking music from You Tube and converting it to a MP3 file.

I reformatted the sd card after saving all the music and photos to my Mac HD. This worked for 3 days but now the sd card won't play new music again.

 

[mikedt]

As I posted previously, did you actually check or test the integrity of your SD? Seems rather odd that it works for a while then it stops, unless possibly the SD is having problems, like data is becoming corrupted on it, can't really think of anything else it might be, other than actually trying another SD. I know it's only music that's giving trouble, but I think try the obvious things first, like swapping out SDs.

 

[Mike Chonburi]

As I posted previously, did you actually check or test the integrity of your SD? Seems rather odd that it works for a while then it stops, unless possibly the SD is having problems, like data is becoming corrupted on it, can't really think of anything else it might be, other than actually trying another SD. I know it's only music that's giving trouble, but I think try the obvious things first, like swapping out SDs.

 

[Mike Chonburi]

I checked the Sandisk sd card it's not counterfeit. I'll buy another one.

 

[mikedt]

How long have you had the SD, because they do eventually wear out electrically. Flash storage can only be written to a certain number of times before it starts to fail.

 

[Mike Chonburi]

How long have you had the SD, because they do eventually wear out electrically. Flash storage can only be written to a certain number of times before it starts to fail.

 

[Mike Chonburi]

How long have you had the SD, because they do eventually wear out electrically. Flash storage can only be written to a certain number of times before it starts to fail.

 

[Mike Chonburi]

I've had the card for 1 year, how long are they supposed to last?