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RASelkirk

RASelkirk

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My Samsung 64G card just failed (external storage corrupted) after 9 months, I only noticed after my ringtone changed because all my music was gone. I take it this is not normal, they should last longer than 9 months? My son is gonna play around with it, to see if it's worth saving. A reformat appeared to work one time, but copying was super slow, then I tried another format and that one failed. Just bought a new Sandisk 64G card off Amazon...

Russ
 
If I remember correctly Samsung microsd cards come with 5-10yrs of warranty depending on the model. Why did you buy Sandisk? ;-)
 
Hi, put the card in your phone, open "Settings" scroll down to "Storage", tap on storage , then SD card, it will show the option to "Unmount" or "Format", choose "Format" and job done. Phil
 
Another Q comes to mind, how long should it take to format a 64G card? To my recollection, this took less than 10 sccs and I was thinking it should have taken much longer...

bat0nas said:
If I remember correctly Samsung microsd cards come with 5-10yrs of warranty depending on the model. Why did you buy Sandisk? ;-)
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My son has had good luck with Sandisk, and it's NOT a Samsung card. ;) Really, why would I buy another Samsung after a failure?

lvt said:
How did you format the SD card?
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Did exactly what Phil states below...

philayl said:
Hi, put the card in your phone, open "Settings" scroll down to "Storage", tap on storage , then SD card, it will show the option to "Unmount" or "Format", choose "Format" and job done. Phil
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Did this. It appeared to format once, but afterwards, moving even one MP3 took minutes. In frustration, I tried another format and it refused that time. I don't recall the error message. I then removed the card, plugged it into an adapter sleeve, and tried it on my laptop where it locked up the system (Win7) requiring a reboot.

Russ
 
Sounds like a faulty card, I just had one that went faulty at 5 days old, sent it back for a new one, and it was a genuine Samsung card. Phil
 
Hate to say it Phil, but I'm kinda glad I'm not the only one with a crapped out Samsung card. New Sandisk card installed, no format needed. Transferred 4 gigs of music to it in about 15 minutes. Now adding back my pix...

Russ
 
Hi Russ, three days with replacement card and still working:D, am going to try for a full week with this one ;). Phil
 
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