Help new sd card - moved apps say not installed after reboot

[coupdevillechamberlain]

galaxy S5, unrooted ... bought a 128gb Adata SDHC card new in package from an eBay auction. put the card in, moved some game apps to it and after a reboot it says they are not installed and opens the play store, to their page, where I can install them. I have since done a factory reset of the phone (for other reasons) and I have the same issue.

also some photos seem to be messed up AFTER I put the card in but BEFORE I did a factory restore of the phone - like half the photo will be green, possible data corruption?

didn't have any problem with the Sandisk 4gb SDHC card that was in there previously.

Am I doing something wrong or is this a case of a bad card? The specs show the S5 to allow 128gb max sd card so I figured I'd get the largest it will take.

Thanks!

 

[Crashdamage]

You quite possibly have a defective or bogus counterfeit card. If it's not a genuine name-brand card you shouldn't trust it not to lose photos or anything else you load on it.

If I were you, I'd try to send this card back for a refund ASAP.

 

[coupdevillechamberlain]

You quite possibly have a defective or bogus counterfeit card. If it's not a genuine name-brand card you shouldn't trust it not to lose photos or anything else you load on it.

If I were you, I'd try to send this card back for a refund ASAP.

just found this in the forums here
http://androidforums.com/threads/moved-data-to-new-sd-card-and-now-my-apps-arent-installed.628162/

yeah I figured as much but wanted to check, make sure I'm not doing something wrong.

 

[coupdevillechamberlain]

You quite possibly have a defective or bogus counterfeit card. If it's not a genuine name-brand card you shouldn't trust it not to lose photos or anything else you load on it.

If I were you, I'd try to send this card back for a refund ASAP.

soooooo I sent an email to the seller asking, not demanding where they got the cards from as the one I got was not working in my phone and they instantly issued a refund without my asking ... hmmmmm lol

thanks for the advice

 

[Crashdamage]

Better to give you a quick no- hassle refund than have a ticked-off customer get them in a world of hurt for selling counterfeit cards. Glad you got your $$ back.

 

[coupdevillechamberlain]

Better to give you a quick no- hassle refund than have a ticked-off customer get them in a world of hurt for selling counterfeit cards. Glad you got your $$ back.

aaaaaaaaaand they are no longer a registered user on eBay!!!! lol ... however, looks like they sold about a dozen of the same cards to buyers who left them positive feedback before their account was closed.

 

[Hadron]

And they'll be back with a different name, probably have one or several already.

It's such a prevalent scam that the advice we give is just never to buy sd cards from eBay. The old rule about "if it looks too good to be true..." also applies.