Help Pictures, Videos, and Music won't stay on MicroSD Card

[RawrNate]

Hello, everyone! I've gotten a new 32Gb MicroSD Card to go with my new Optimus V to make my 30Gb iPod obsolete, but I have some problems. Now, when I first got the card, I loaded up a small stack of pictures and my music - it worked flawlessly. Today, I tried to load the rest of my pictures (over 800 of them, ~500Mb) along with a few HD tv show episodes (about 8Gb). Everything loaded on fine and I safely ejected the SD Card via the "My Computer" window by right clicking on the drive. When I go back onto my phone and check my Gallery, it only has around 5-10 of the episodes instead of the 26 I put on there, plus it's missing all my pictures. I hook it back up to my computer, go into the Root folder, go into where I copied the files... and they're gone, along with the 5-10 episodes. I'm not sure what's causing this or how it's happening. I've tried it quite a few times and formatted my SD Card twice now. Anyone know what's going on? Thanks!

 

[mkbkr1]

Try plugging your phone into your pc via the usb cable and transferring them that way. I found that it works better that way, it may be a bad sd card adapter. Also, make sure tutu turn off usb storage on your phone before clicking safely remove on you pc.

 

[RawrNate]

Try plugging your phone into your pc via the usb cable and transferring them that way. I found that it works better that way, it may be a bad sd card adapter.

That's what I've been doing.

 

[MacFett]

Hello, everyone! I've gotten a new 32Gb MicroSD Card

Did you purchase it from a reliable source? Chances are it is a 2gb uSD that was sold as a 32gb.

SD Card test program, is it fake? Here's how to tell for sure - xda-developers

 

[RawrNate]

I found the solution, guys! When I went to open the file, I would just go to 'My Computer' then click on 'Removable Disk F:'. I read around and some people said you have to change the USB settings to read as a mobile device or whatever... so I right clicked on the Removable Disk and clicked on "Open as Portable Device". So far so good, all my pictures and music are staying. Now to upload my videos...

 

[RawrNate]

Okay - new problem. All my pictures and videos are working, but now it's my songs that aren't! It'll load most of them, but not all of them. Also, when I pick a song to choose, it says something about being the wrong format (even though they're all .mp3's). Any ideas?

 

[Galaxy Rider]

Thanks RawrNate for the info on opening as "portable device." The whole time Im trying to transfer a 3gb movie on my brand new 32gb sd card, and it kept reading file to big to transfer. I was getting so frustrated since the card was completely empty. Worked right after I opened it as a portable device. Thanks again.

 

[RawrNate]

Turns out it was a bad/fake SD Card. Sent the guy an email and he gave me a full refund.