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staycaptivejake

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Ok so i bought a 64gb sandisk sdhc and had a large amount of music on it. It worked great for a week or so, then today i plug it in to my car and the music just stops playing. When i go to "Storage" on my phone is says the card is there but has 0gb on it. i unmount and mount it back and it reads that it has 64gb total and 33gb free. After a few minutes it goes right back to zero. I formatted it on the phone and my computer and when i try to sync my music to it the process will get stopped because the phone says it has 0gb again. in the process of trying to sync just the card itself. can anyone shed some light on this!?
 
There's already a huge thread on the S3 frying SD cards: http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s3/654417-samsung-galaxy-s3-kills-sd-cards.html -- but the gist of it is, you're hosed. I've gone through three SD cards now (different brands, different speeds, different capacities) and have learned the HARD way to back everything off the card that I don't want to lose.

I also tried several card-specific data recovery apps, including one that was claimed to be tailored for the S3 (but they lied, it was not), and none of them have been able to recovery anything worthwhile.

Sorry, but the stuff is likely gone for good.
 
WAWood8 said:
There's already a huge thread on the S3 frying SD cards: http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s3/654417-samsung-galaxy-s3-kills-sd-cards.html -- but the gist of it is, you're hosed. I've gone through three SD cards now (different brands, different speeds, different capacities) and have learned the HARD way to back everything off the card that I don't want to lose.

I also tried several card-specific data recovery apps, including one that was claimed to be tailored for the S3 (but they lied, it was not), and none of them have been able to recovery anything worthwhile.

Sorry, but the stuff is likely gone for good.
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See the weird thing is its not all gone! After i dismount and remount it everything shows right back up. So far its working just fine and hasnt stopped like it was. I only only have my music on it so im not worried about losing anything. Much more worries about spending money on a card that just stops working. Ill read through that post and see if anyone is having the same problem. Like i said its the weirdest thing, it doesnt all disappear it just says its a 0gb card and i have to dismount and remount to get it to work.
 
heres some pictures to show. first is after i remount the card but the second i try to play something the second image is what happens

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Either your phone is not seeing if because the card is dying, or your phone's card slot is going bad.

Have you formatted the card with the correct setup?
 
thats just depressing...
the only thing that doesnt make sense is when its formatted and has nothing on it, it never shows up as 0gb its stays at the 59.47. maybe cus its not trying to be read constantly?
 
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