SD Card Question

[prj]

I have a 32 gb Samsung Class 10 sd card. Twice now I have lost my data on it and a weird folder structure gets written to the card. Anyone have any idea what these "u" folders are and why it keeps happening?

 

[HighSierra]

I would say you've fallen victim to the infamous SD card destroying S3.

 

[prj]

I would say you've fallen victim to the infamous SD card destroying S3.

I have not heard of this. Any more detail?

Before this card I had an 8gb class 4 SanDisk card and that never happened.

 

[nigsy]

Have a look through this thread:

Strange Folder Names in MicroSD Card - Android Forums at AndroidCentral.com

Some ideas on there.

But for some reason some people do have issues with S3s destroying sd cards. Never had it happen myself and I know sandisk also had an issue with a poor batch which they were refunding on.
Some people say only use a Samsung card; but I have a 64gb sandisk in mine with no issues what so ever.

 

[mydian]

It might be time to replace that SD card. There is a thread about the problem here also but it was pushed back several pages.

http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s3/654417-samsung-galaxy-s3-kills-sd-cards.html

 

[prj]

Read through those links, but not convinced the phone is the problem. Before this new 32gb SDHC Class 10 card I had a an 8gb class 4 card and never had problems with it.

I'm thinking it has something to do with the size. Maybe it doesn't like cards beyond 16gb?

 

[FishenFool]

I'm using a Patriot 32gb Class 10 with no problems to report.

 

[jam24u]

Dear 'Fishen Fool'... fishin' for wat? No I really want to know.

btw... I just installed my first 32GB sd card in my SIII. It came from Sandisk. I hope any movie downloads go to it... and not to my phone,,,, what would you call it.... the phones Harddrive?

 

[sleeco]

Using "Torrents" is the cause of these folders and could be the reason for the card failure.

 

[prj]

Using "Torrents" is the cause of these folders and could be the reason for the card failure.

I don't use or download anything from torrents on my phone.

 

[FishenFool]

Dear 'Fishen Fool'... fishin' for wat? No I really want to know.

btw... I just installed my first 32GB sd card in my SIII. It came from Sandisk. I hope any movie downloads go to it... and not to my phone,,,, what would you call it.... the phones Harddrive?

Mainly I fish for whatever is biting, but my favorite fish to catch is trout. Movie downloads should go to the external SD card if you set the options correctly in the app used for downloading.

 

[FishenFool]

Using "Torrents" is the cause of these folders and could be the reason for the card failure.

I download torrents and haven't experienced this issue.