SanDisk says it produced some bad 32GB and 64GB microSD cards

2. xperiaDROID (limited) 6 days ago posted on 18 Mar 2013, 12:48 3

WHAT?! I'm using SanDisk's micro SD card!

3. Jurdiales posted on 18 Mar 2013, 12:53 1

Soo... this is a recall? The note says about class 10 microSD cards, but what about class 4 32GB? Are affected too?

4. ryq24 posted on 18 Mar 2013, 12:57 1

How will you know what class of sandisk memory card you have bought? Is it written on the package?

6. pixelado posted on 18 Mar 2013, 13:10 8

That was one hell of a mediocre answer by the samsung rep, but at least he didn't tell the customer he was "holding it wrong".

7. rusticguy posted on 18 Mar 2013, 13:37 0

So is the current issue with XZ reported to be dying recently related to this?

8. mholeydroid posted on 18 Mar 2013, 13:40 0

i had a 32gb micro sd that every once in a while wouldnt let me get into my gallery because one picture was corrupt. I deleted the file and i was able to access my gallery again. then two months later the card wasnt recognized by my 16gb s3. i tried to load it on my computer to transfer some of the files and it didnt even work in my computer. Definitely contacting sandisk

9. TheMan posted on 18 Mar 2013, 13:54 1

I don't blame the customer service rep. "I read it online" is a mantra heard daily and many cannot discern fact versus speculation.

10. NekSingh posted on 18 Mar 2013, 14:03 0

I was having problems with my sd card around xmas time last year but it seems to have sorted itself out. Havent had any unmount or error messages for about 2 months now...

11. rasinhussy posted on 18 Mar 2013, 14:54 0

Bought a 32GB card before Christmas and worked great on my DROID RAZR M. Bought a Note 2 about a month ago, worked for a while then it just died. I wouldn't read on my computer or any other phone.

In the process of getting a replacement.

12. Planterz posted on 18 Mar 2013, 15:27 3

Nice way to build a strawman argument against Samsung. Take an out-of-context "quote" from one side of an alleged conversation with a rep, and blame them for a problem that has nothing to do with them. A customer complaining about an issue with his memory card, and the rep saying that he shouldn't believe everything he reads on the internet is a complete non sequitur. If this conversation even took place, there's a lot missing here. Is there a full transcript of the conversation? Or is the author of this "article" just pissing in the wind? This article should be about the possibility of having a bad micro SD card, yet the author has devote half his "article" to get his digs in against Samsung, which has zero responsibility in this matter.

I don't know Adam F. from shinola, but it's clear that either he has some unjournalistic biases against a certain company(ies), or he's completely clueless. Check your sources, cite your sources, qualify the statements, provide context, and remain objective before you spew a bunch of ignorant drivel all over a website that some people, despite certain articles, trust and respect for their tech news.

13. roscuthiii posted on 18 Mar 2013, 15:33 1

Sheesh. Samsung and it's products are mentioned so much in this article you'd almost think the writer was attempting to associate Samsung with the SD card problem in the readers' minds here instead of SanDisk.

15. regbone posted on 18 Mar 2013, 16:34 0

got a 32g class 4 memory card for my trip back in august of 2012 and the 2 week trip i had taken over a hundred photos of everywhere i went in NY from Mahattan, to Syracuse, Buffalo, Niagra falls, Saratoga. The last day of my trip my phone said it couldn't read my card and so I took it out and put it back in and it still didn't read it. Then when i arrived at the airport it said it could read the card, but all my photos were gone. EVERY SINGLE ONE!!!! I tried those recovery things online, but none of them work. Does anyone know how i could recover those photos or if it is even possible???

17. Xeriffs posted on 18 Mar 2013, 16:55 0

I have a 32Gb Class 10 SanDisk micro SD card and mine got corrupted and I lost EVERYTHING. I was furious. I kept all my music, photos, videos, backups, all on that SD card. Some pictures will also randomly become corrupted. I purchased it from SanDisk because I trusted their quality and I will not make the same mistake again.

18. Twisted247 posted on 18 Mar 2013, 16:56 0

I've had a class 10 Samsung 32GB card start mounting and dismounting till it died... pissed me off. Went it and grabbed a 64 gig and I sure add he'll hope it doesn't act up, it hasn't yet.
*knocks on wood.

20. k1ng617 posted on 18 Mar 2013, 17:55 0

Yea I heard about this when I was buying my 64gb ultra. I read A LOT of negative comments about cards dying in less than a few months. Do you have a serial # range of some sort so we can tell which ones might be affected?

21. joey_sfb posted on 18 Mar 2013, 19:15 0

I do encounter problem with one sd card i got from the grey market. Intermittent reading/write error. Format the card and problem still persist.

From then on, i only buy SD Card from authorise dealer which normally cost a bit more.

So far no problem from authorise dealer purchased SD Card. I use it with my pocket camera and my cell phone.

22. thachlel posted on 18 Mar 2013, 20:36 0

So I'm lucky, have mobile ultra 64 on note2 for months now. Have been worked fine! A lot hd videos n only 2gb available.

23. dexter_jdr posted on 18 Mar 2013, 20:37 0

"the Samsung rep merely told him not to believe everything he reads about on forums" LOL

--why thank you Samsung, i will now enjoy my rejected SD card ♥

24. Madarres posted on 18 Mar 2013, 23:45 0

i have im really really glad you guys posted this i was defeated on this issue until now

25. lnh62 posted on 19 Mar 2013, 00:15 0

This happened with my Samsung GS3 & SanDisk 32 GB card. SanDisk was great about replacing the card quickly. Seemed like a good company to deal with.

26. gogowho posted on 19 Mar 2013, 00:30 0

I don't know 64GB is also effected. I should be worried.

27. itiswhatitis posted on 19 Mar 2013, 00:51 0

Transcend FTW

28. anirudhshirsat97 posted on 19 Mar 2013, 09:29 0

me...i face the problem on my 32gb microsd card

30. xmusicianguy posted on 19 Mar 2013, 14:10 0

Yep my class 4 32 GB San Disk will not show up in my Maxx HD from time to time. A while back it kept remounting. I had to pull the data off. Reformat and put the data back on. Been ok for now.

32. maduser posted on 25 Apr 2013, 15:06 0

I had a Samsung galaxy express that wouldnt read my card for a while.one of my folders got erased and erased my 3,000 songs off my class 4 32 gig sandisk card no where to be found. Now my brand new 16 gig s III unmounted my SD card and will not mount it again. Last time I had to remove everything off my card and reformat to the phone. This is makeing me very upset due to I don't have time to mess with my phone all the time. Ill be contacting sandisk for a new one!

33. junkmonk posted on 03 Jun 2013, 06:16 0

Purchased SGS4 in May. Bought a 64 Gb SanDisk Ultra micro SD card. Data kept dissapearing when rebooting the phone. Contacted SanDisk. They sent me a replacement card. Used it for 2 days... after a reboot got the same message "Damaged SD card" with all videos and photos gone. Wrote an email to SanDisk on June the 3rd. WTF?