Re: [gentoo-user] Accessing a Samsung phone and it's data.

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On 31/07/19 04:44, Dale wrote:
> I think one of my problems is the SD card itself.  I can access things
> with the phone but I've noticed some of my other cards do strange
> things.  I've got one that won't allow me to delete items.  I even ran
> dd on the thing, the entire card, and the files are still there.  I
> think the card I'm currently using may have some similar issues as well
> since when I format it with the phone, nothing happens.  I've ordered a
> new and much larger card.  It should be here in a week or so.  It's a
> 32GB Sandisk card.  May wish I had a 64GB card later on tho.  lol  When
> it gets here, I plan to use it and format it using the phone software
> and see if that helps.

You need to pay money for a good card. And ime the micro cards are often
problematic. I've certainly binned a fair few that have died on me -
I've never had any trouble with the full size cards, but they won't fit
in a phone. But I would *never* now use a micro card and an adaptor in
my cameras.

Cheers,
Wol