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A memory card format that is like the SD card format, but in a smaller form factor.

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Why does my microSD card have a second row of contacts?

I bought a Lexar microSDXC card for my GoPro. It has a second row of contacts that other microSD cards don't have. The card came with a USB reader that uses those extra contacts, but it also works fine in other readers and devices like the…
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How to recover data from microSD card that cannot be read?

I am trying to help a friend who is very concerned that she has just lost all of the data on her 32GB SanDisk microSD card. I told her I would post this and see if anyone could offer help. Here are the details: The SanDisk microSD card is less than…
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Why aren't SD card 'contacts' uniformly placed?

As you can see above, Some contacts seem to be longer than the rest. Also, on the SD card (2nd from top) the last one seems to be thinner and also closer to the seventh pin. Why not just uniformly place all contacts of same sizes at uniform…
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Best way to salvage SD cards exposed to salt water and contents of the lithium batteries?

So, right off the bat, I want to acknowledge that the data on these cards is likely lost to time. However, I am hoping someone may know some best practices to check for sure. I recently recovered some data loggers that were sitting at 40 m depth in…
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Error whilst initializing SD card on Linux

I have noticed troubles with my microSD card in my Android phone and when I tried to insert it into my Linux laptop, I get the following error in dmesg: [ 247.588279] mmc0: error -123 whilst initialising SD card [ 247.591314] sdhci-pci…
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Performance difference between SD and MicroSD cards?

If you compare a MicroSD card with an advertised speed of 48 MB/S to a full size SD card with an advertised speed of 48 MB/S (from the same manufacturer), should their performances be identical? Or is there anything about the size reduction of a…
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Is there any way to tell if an SD card has been used?

I ordered a “new” micro SD card from Amazon Marketplace. However, it was sent in a small cheap plastic bag instead of the original package. I put it into my PC and found it to be empty but formatted. Do SD cards normally come formatted out of the…
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How can I access /storage/emulated/0/DCIM on android device?

I recently lost the contents of a micro-SD card and hadn't backed up the contents recently enough. Luckily, I noticed that the pictures I was missing happen to be in /storage/emulated/0/DCIM/.thumbnails on my Android 5.1 device. The sad thing is I…
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Fix SD card that cannot be formatted

I have, not one but two microSD cards that my phone (Samsung Galaxy Young, Gingerbread OS) seem to have broken. One is 1GB and the other is 2GB. The 1GB one won't be formatted. When I put the 1GB one into the computer the computer prompts for a…
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Standard SD card and Micro SD card with adapter; same speed?

I'm going to buy a new SD card to be used in my car's audio player. What I would like to know is, if I buy a micro SD card with adapter, will it provide the same read/write speed as a standard SD card of the same model? Does using adapter affect…
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How can I reformat microSD cards that were created read-only?

My company was burning some microSD cards (4000 of them) and the multi burning machine we were using gives us the option to make the microSD read-only. I didn't know this was possible, but apparently it flips a binary switch in the microSD card. We…
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How can I factory reset my microSD card

I got a sandisk ultra 64gb microsdxc card for use in my Galaxy S3, worked fine. One day I decided to plug it into a cheap camera. The camera said something to the tune of "memory card error" and it reformatted my card to only have 32GB space. (lost…
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Can a MicroSD card help speed up my Mini PC?

Some months ago I bought a Mini PC: Intel Celeron J4125 8 GB of DDR4 RAM 256 GB M.2 SSD Windows 11, fully patched I use this PC for programming in Visual Studio and SQL Server. The PC is very slow in some operations, like starting up, or loading…
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How could I let Skydrive desktop sync to MicroSD in Windows 8 tablet?

I have a Samsung Slate 7 tablet with (now) Windows 8 on it. This machine has a 64 Gb SSD and I have a 64 Gb MicroSD card in it. I also have a Skydrive on my main Microsoft ID that contains about 45 Gb of content. With Windows and some development…
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Is the 100K write life cycle the barometer for SD card's wear and tear?

It has been said that continuous writing on an SD card can cause wear and tear on the memory cells, which can eventually lead to the failure of the card. One of the answer to my question here How to achieve SD card's life service to 10 years or…
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